anculus

== 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 [script needed] (ābicarīš, “place inhabited or tilled by servants”, acc.pl.) and Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara, “servant”) (cf. also अभिचार (abhicārá, “witchcraft”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.ku.lus] === 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. ==== Related terms ==== ancula ==== See also ==== servus sclavus familiāris === References === === Further reading === “ancŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "anculus", 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) “anculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.