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Latin
Etymology
ob- + uncus (“hooked”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
obuncus (feminine obunca, neuter obuncum); first/second-declension adjective
- bent in, hooked
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “obuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obuncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.