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anacamptos

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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anacamptos (neuter anacampton); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)

  1. (Late Latin, music) reversing, retrograde

Declension

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Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).

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

References

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  • 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