uncus, unci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
hook, barb, clamp; hook in neck used to drag condemned/executed criminals;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | uncus | unci |
| Gen. | unci | uncorum |
| Dat. | unco | uncis |
| Acc. | uncum | uncos |
| Voc. | unce | unci |
| Abl. | unco | uncis |
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rates. non anchora uoces mouit, dum spissis auellitur uncus harenis; dum iuga curuantur mali dumque ardua pinus 695erigitur..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...digito subter tenuatur habendo, stilicidi casus lapidem cavat, uncus aratri ferreus occulte decrescit vomer in arvis, strataque..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...timeri parum est. 'Non conterret' inquit 'me nec uncus nec proiecti ad contumeliam cadaveris laceratio foeda visuris. Neminem..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...circumdati defossis corporibus ignes et cadauera quoque trahens uncus, uaria uinculorum genera, uaria poenarum, lacerationes membrorum, inscriptiones frontis..." 
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Castore pendet. Has inter lacrimas legitur piger uncus harenis, iam remi rapuere ratem, iam flamina portant; spumea subsequitur..."