Ancus

See also: ancus

English

Etymology

From Latin Ancus.

Proper noun

Ancus

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

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

alternative form of Anco