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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκαμπτος (anákamptos), from ἀνακάμπτω (anakámptō, “turn back”).
Adjective
anacamptos (neuter anacampton); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)
- (Late Latin, music) reversing, retrograde
Declension
Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).
References
- anacamptos in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- anacamptos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “anacamptos”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 14