anculus
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-kʷol-os, from *kʷel- (whence colō). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀμφίπολος (amphípolos),[1] Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.ku.lus/, [ˈäŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ku.lus/, [ˈäŋkulus]
Noun
anculus m (genitive anculī); second declension
- (archaic) a manservant
Usage notes
This word fell into disuse, and was replaced by famulus and servus, but its feminine counterpart ancilla is well attested.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | anculus | anculī |
| Genitive | anculī | anculōrum |
| Dative | anculō | anculīs |
| Accusative | anculum | anculōs |
| Ablative | anculō | anculīs |
| Vocative | ancule | anculī |
Related terms
References
- “ancŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- anculus 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)
- anculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN