ancon

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See also: Ancon and anĉon

English

Etymology

From Latin ancōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, “bend, elbow, cranny”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ancon (plural ancones or ancons)

  1. (obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
  2. (architecture) A console that appears to support a cornice.
  3. (anatomy) The elbow.
  4. (anatomy) The olecranon.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ancōn m (genitive ancōnis); third declension

  1. The elbow
  2. The arm of a workman's square
  3. A console that appears to support a cornice
  4. The knobbed bars of a hydraulic engine
  5. The forked poles for spreading nets
    Synonym: ames
  6. The arm of a chair
  7. A jug

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ancōn ancōnēs
Genitive ancōnis ancōnum
Dative ancōnī ancōnibus
Accusative ancōnem ancōnēs
Ablative ancōne ancōnibus
Vocative ancōn ancōnēs

Derived terms

References

  • “ancōn”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ancōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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