anceps

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anceps (literally “double-headed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anceps (plural ancipites)

  1. (poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ambo (“both”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”), from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

anceps (genitive ancipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. double-headed, having two heads
    Synonym: biceps
  2. (of mountains) having two summits or peaks
  3. (of swords) double-edged
  4. divided into two parts
  5. wavering, doubtful, uncertain, dubious, shady
    Synonyms: incertus, suspensus, vagus, dubius
    Antonyms: certus, prōmptus, indubius, fixus
  6. dangerous, hazardous
    Synonyms: perīculōsus, īnfēnsus, dubius, capitālis

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative anceps ancipitēs ancipitia
Genitive ancipitis ancipitium
Dative ancipitī ancipitibus
Accusative ancipitem anceps ancipitēs ancipitia
Ablative ancipitī ancipitibus
Vocative anceps ancipitēs ancipitia

Descendants

  • English: syllaba anceps
  • Portuguese: ancípite
  • Italian: ancipite

References

  • “anceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “anceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anceps in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • anceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
    • the issue of the battle is undecided: proelium anceps est
    • the issue of the battle is undecided: ancipiti Marte pugnatur
    • the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anceps.

Noun

anceps n (uncountable)

  1. anceps

Declension

declension of anceps (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) anceps ancepsul
genitive/dative (unui) anceps ancepsului
vocative ancepsule
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