Latin

Alternative forms

• Ancōna

Proper noun

Ancōn f ‎(genitive Ancōnis); third declension

1. Ancona (city in Italy)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

References

• Ancon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ancon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

ancon ‎(plural ancones or ancons)

1. (obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
2. A console that appears to support a cornice.
3. (anatomy) The elbow.
4. (anatomy) The olecranon.
5. A sheep of a breed from Massachusetts with short crooked legs and long back.

Related terms

• anconad
• anconagra
• anconitis
• anconoid

Anagrams

• canon, cañon, Conan

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγκῶν ‎(ankôn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.koːn/, [ˈaŋ.koːn]

Noun

ancōn m ‎(genitive ancōnis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (forked poles): ames

References

• ancōn in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ancōn”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.