ancus

ancus

See also: Ancus

Latin

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *ankos (“bended”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-os or *h₂n̥k-os (“bending”), ultimately from the root *h₂enk-.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (hapax legomenon, 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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ancus anca ancum ancī ancae anca
genitive ancī ancae ancī ancōrum ancārum ancōrum
dative ancō ancae ancō ancīs
accusative ancum ancam ancum ancōs ancās anca
ablative ancō ancā ancō ancīs
vocative ance anca ancum ancī ancae anca

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ancus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41
  • “ancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "ancus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.
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