LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

anguimanus.

one with snaky hands/serpent-handed/tentacled; elephant (L+S);

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[aŋˈɡʷɪ.ma.nʊs]Classical-Latin[aŋˈɡʷiː.ma.nus]

serpent-handed (used by Lucretius as a poetic epithet of the elephant)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis Proto-Italic *anɣʷis Latin anguis Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Latin anguimanus From anguis (“serpent, snake”) + manus (“hand”).

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