anceps
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin anceps (literally “double-headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anceps (plural ancipites)
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ambo (“both”) + -ceps (“headed”), from caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.keps/, [ˈäŋkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈän̠ʲt͡ʃeps]
Adjective
[edit]anceps (genitive ancipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- double-headed, having two heads
- Synonym: biceps
- (of mountains) having two summits or peaks
- (of swords) double-edged
- divided into two parts
- wavering, doubtful, uncertain, dubious, shady
- dangerous, hazardous
- Synonyms: perīculōsus, īnfēnsus, dubius, capitālis
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | anceps | ancipitēs | ancipitia | ||
Genitive | ancipitis | ancipitium | |||
Dative | ancipitī | ancipitibus | |||
Accusative | ancipitem | anceps | ancipitēs | ancipitia | |
Ablative | ancipitī | ancipitibus | |||
Vocative | anceps | ancipitēs | ancipitia |
Descendants
[edit]- English: syllaba anceps
- Portuguese: ancípite
- Italian: ancipite
References
[edit]- “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’s 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.
- the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
- the issue of the battle is undecided: proelium anceps est
- the issue of the battle is undecided: ancipiti Marte pugnatur
- the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
- the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]anceps n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of anceps (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) anceps | ancepsul |
genitive/dative | (unui) anceps | ancepsului |
vocative | ancepsule |
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