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English
Etymology
From Latin ancōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, “bend, elbow, cranny”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ancon (plural ancones or ancons)
- (obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
- (architecture) A console that appears to support a cornice.
- (anatomy) The elbow.
- (anatomy) The olecranon.
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
ancōn m (genitive ancōnis); third declension
- The elbow
- The arm of a workman's square
- A console that appears to support a cornice
- The knobbed bars of a hydraulic engine
- The forked poles for spreading nets
- Synonym: ames
- The arm of a chair
- A jug
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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References
- “ancōn”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “ancōn”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.