ancon

Etymology

From Latin ancōn, from Greek ἀγκών ‘bend, elbow, cranny’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋkɒn/

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.

Anagrams

• Canon, Conan, canon, cañon

Etymology

Borrowed 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

References

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