ancus

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from angō (to draw together, to strangle). It could also be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (curve), but this is a neuter s-stem noun (like e.g. genus), a formation unknown to adjectives. If from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (curve), it would possibly be cognate with Latin angulus (angle) and hence English angle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ancus (feminine anca, neuter ancum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (hapax, possibly) bent or bound
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 19:
      Ancus appellatur, qui aduncum brachium habet, et exporrigi non potest.
      That which has a crooked arm and cannot be extended is called ancus.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ancus anca ancum ancī ancae anca
Genitive ancī ancae ancī ancōrum ancārum ancōrum
Dative ancō ancō ancīs
Accusative ancum ancam ancum ancōs ancās anca
Ablative ancō ancā ancō ancīs
Vocative ance anca ancum ancī ancae anca

References

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