Ancus

See also: ancus

English

Etymology

From Latin Ancus.

Proper noun

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Wikipedia

Ancus

1. An Italic male given name from Latin, notably borne by Ancus Marcius, a legendary king of Rome

Translations

male given name

Armenian: Անկոս (Ankos) French: Ancus (fr) German: Ancus Italian: Anco Latin: Ancus Portuguese: Anco m, Ancus m Russian: Анк (ru) (Ank)

Anagrams

• Cunas, sucan

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to the verb angō (“crouch”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ancus m sg (genitive Ancī); second declension

1. A Latin name, notably borne by Ancus Marcius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ancus
genitive	Ancī
dative	Ancō
accusative	Ancum
ablative	Ancō
vocative	Ance

Descendants

• English: Ancus
• Italian: Anco
• Portuguese: Anco
• Russian: Анк (Ank)

References

• “Ancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ancus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ancus m

1. alternative form of Anco