ancrae

• angrae

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend; bow; curve”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *angijō (“ing”), Ancient Greek ἄγκος (ánkos, “a bend; hollow; mountain glen; dell; valley”), Sanskrit अङ्कस् (aṅkas, “a bend or curve”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.krae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.kre]

ancrae f pl (genitive ancrārum); first declension (plural only)

1. A gorge, a ravine

First-declension noun, plural only.

• ancrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.