Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. (Late Latin, music) reversing, retrograde

Declension edit

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 edit

  • 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