ancus

== 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.kus] === Adjective === ancus (feminine anca, neuter ancum); first/second-declension adjective (hapax legomenon, possibly) bent or bound ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “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.