Ancus

From Latin Ancus.

Ancus

1. An Italic male given name from Latin, notably borne by Ancus Marcius, a legendary king of Rome

• Cunas, sucan

Possibly related to the verb angō (“crouch”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.kus/, [ˈäŋkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.kus/, [ˈäŋkus]

Ancus m sg (genitive Ancī); second declension

1. A Latin name, notably borne by Ancus Marcius

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• English: Ancus
• Italian: Anco
• Portuguese: Anco
• Russian: Анк (Ank)

• “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.

Ancus m

1. Alternative form of Anco