anculus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *amβikʷolos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-kʷol(h₁)-ós, from *h₂m̥bʰí (“around, at the side”) + *kʷel(h₁)- (whence colō (“I till, cultivate; I inhabit”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀμφίπολος (amphípolos, “attendant, follower”), Old Persian [script needed] (ābicarīš, “place inhabited or tilled by servants”, acc.pl.)[1] and Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara, “servant”) (cf. also अभिचार (abhicārá, “witchcraft”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaŋ.ku.lus]
Noun
anculus m (genitive anculī); second declension
- (archaic) a manservant
Usage notes
This word fell into disuse, having been limited to liturgical use, and was replaced by famulus and servus, but its feminine counterpart ancilla is well attested.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | anculus | anculī |
| genitive | anculī | anculōrum |
| dative | anculō | anculīs |
| accusative | anculum | anculōs |
| ablative | anculō | anculīs |
| vocative | ancule | anculī |
Related terms
See also
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “anculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41: “PIt. *ambi-k⁽ʷ⁾olo-; PIE *h₂mbʰi-kʷolh₁-os ‘going towards/around’”
Further reading
- “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.