ancon

See also: Ancon and anĉon

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Derived terms

• anconal

Related terms

• anconad
• anconagra
• anconeal
• anconitis
• anconoid

Anagrams

• Canon, Conan, canon, cañon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.koːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.kon]

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

   Synonym: ames

6. The arm of a chair
7. A jug

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ancōn	ancōnēs
genitive	ancōnis	ancōnum
dative	ancōnī	ancōnibus
accusative	ancōnem	ancōnēs
ablative	ancōne	ancōnibus
vocative	ancōn	ancōnēs

Derived terms

• Ancōn

Descendants

• → Catalan: ancó
• → English: ancon
• → French: ancon
• → Italian: ancone
• → Portuguese: anco
• → Spanish: ancón

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.