uncus

Dictionary entries

• uncus, unca, uncum:

  Adjective · 1st declension

  Frequency:

  Lesser

  = hooked, curved, bent in, crooked, round; barbed;

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  nom. sg. (m.)
• uncus, unci:

  Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

  Frequency:

  Lesser

  = hook, barb, clamp; hook in neck used to drag condemned/executed criminals;

  Entry →

  nom. sg.