ancon

See also: Ancon and anĉon

English

Etymology

From Latin ancōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, “bend, elbow, cranny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋkɒn/

Noun

ancon (plural ancones or ancons)

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

Related terms

• anconad
• anconagra
• anconeal
• anconitis
• anconoid

Anagrams

• Canon, Conan, canon, cañon

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκῶν (ankôn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.koːn/, [ˈäŋkoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.kon/, [ˈäŋkon]

Noun

ancōn m (genitive ancōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.