anceps

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin anceps (literally “double-headed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈænsɛps/ === Noun === anceps (plural ancipites) (poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Capens, NEACPs, n space, n-space, pances, pecans == Latin == === Etymology === From ambo (“both”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”), from caput (“head”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.kɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan̠ʲ.t͡ʃeps] === Adjective === anceps (genitive ancipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective double-headed, having two heads Synonym: biceps (of mountains) having two summits or peaks facing in two directions coming from two directions (of swords) double-edged divided into two parts Synonym: duplex wavering, doubtful, uncertain, dubious, shady Synonyms: incertus, suspensus, vagus, dubius Antonyms: certus, prōmptus, indubius, fixus dangerous, hazardous Synonyms: perīculōsus, īnfēnsus, dubius, capitālis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: syllaba anceps Portuguese: ancípite Italian: ancipite === References === “anceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "anceps", 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) “anceps”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin anceps. === Noun === anceps n (uncountable) anceps ==== Declension ====