anacamptos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκαμπτος (anákamptos), from ἀνακάμπτω (anakámptō, turn back).

Adjective

anacamptos (neuter anacampton); second-declension two-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (Late Latin, music) reversing, retrograde

Declension

Second-declension two-termination adjective (Greek-type).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative anacamptos anacampton anacamptī
anacamptoe
anacampta
genitive anacamptī anacamptōrum
dative anacamptō anacamptīs
accusative anacampton anacamptōs anacampta
ablative anacamptō anacamptīs
vocative anacampte anacampton anacamptī
anacamptoe
anacampta

References

  • anacamptos in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • anacamptos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Souter, Alexander (1949), “anacamptos”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 14