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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *amβikʷolos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-kʷol(h₁)-ós, from *h₂m̥bʰí (“around, at the side”) + *kʷel(h₁)- (whence colō (“I till, cultivate; I inhabit”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀμφίπολος (amphípolos, “attendant, follower”), Old Persian (ābicarīš, “place inhabited or tilled by servants”, acc.pl.)[1] and Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara, “servant”) (cf. also अभिचार (abhicārá, “witchcraft”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
anculus m (genitive anculī); second declension
- (archaic) a manservant
Usage notes
This word fell into disuse, having been limited to liturgical use, and was replaced by famulus and servus, but its feminine counterpart ancilla is well attested.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
See also
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “anculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41: “PIt. *ambi-k⁽ʷ⁾olo-; PIE *h₂mbʰi-kʷolh₁-os ‘going towards/around’”
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