ancon

See also: Ancon and anĉon

English

Etymology

From Latin ancōn, from Greek ἀγκών ‘bend, elbow, cranny’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæŋkɒn/

Noun

ancon (plural ancones or ancons)

  1. (obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
  2. A console that appears to support a cornice.
  3. (anatomy) The elbow.
  4. (anatomy) The olecranon.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκῶν (ankôn).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.koːn/, [ˈaŋ.koːn]

Noun

ancōn m (genitive ancōnis); third declension

  1. The arm of a workman's square
  2. A console that appears to support a cornice
  3. The knobbed bars of a hydraulic engine
  4. The forked poles for spreading nets
  5. The arm of a chair
  6. A kind of drinking vessell

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ancōn ancōnēs
Genitive ancōnis ancōnum
Dative ancōnī ancōnibus
Accusative ancōnem ancōnēs
Ablative ancōne ancōnibus
Vocative ancōn ancōnēs

Synonyms
  • (forked poles): ames

References
  • ancōn in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ancōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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