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ancillary
English
Etymology
From Latin ancill?ris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æns??le?i?/
- Rhymes: -?l??i
Adjective
ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)
- Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary
- Synonym: accessory
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:
- […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
- 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7
- [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.
Translations
Noun
ancillary (plural ancillaries)
- Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
- (archaic) An auxiliary.
Translations
References
- ancillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ancillary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ancillary at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Carlylian, cranially
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ancilla
English
Etymology
From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æn?s?.l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
ancilla (plural ancillae)
- A maid.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- ‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […]
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- An auxiliary or accessory
Related terms
- ancillary
Anagrams
- aclinal
Latin
Etymology
From ancula (“maid”) +? -lus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an?kil.la/, [ä??k?l??ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an?t??il.la/, [?n???t??il??]
Noun
ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension
- maid, slave-girl
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
- ancill?tus
- ancula
References
- ancilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ancilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ancilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ancilla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancilla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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