anguis

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ужь (užĭ).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

anguis m (genitive anguis); third declension

1. snake, serpent, dragon

References

• anguis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anguis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anguis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• anguis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anguis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin