obuncus

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ uncus (“hooked”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈbun.kus/, [ɔˈbʊŋkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbun.kus/, [oˈbuŋkus]

Adjective

obuncus (feminine obunca, neuter obuncum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bent in, hooked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	obuncus	obunca	obuncum		obuncī	obuncae	obunca
genitive	obuncī	obuncae	obuncī		obuncōrum	obuncārum	obuncōrum
dative	obuncō	obuncae	obuncō		obuncīs
accusative	obuncum	obuncam	obuncum		obuncōs	obuncās	obunca
ablative	obuncō	obuncā	obuncō		obuncīs
vocative	obunce	obunca	obuncum		obuncī	obuncae	obunca

References

• “obuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obuncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obuncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.