LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

anguicomus

anguicomus (feminine anguicoma, neuter anguicomum)
Classical[aŋˈɡʷɪ.kɔ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[aŋˈɡʷiː.ko.mus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehaving snaky hair

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanguicomusanguicomaanguicomum
genitiveanguicomīanguicomaeanguicomī
dativeanguicomōanguicomaeanguicomō
accusativeanguicomumanguicomamanguicomum
ablativeanguicomōanguicomāanguicomō
vocativeanguicomeanguicomaanguicomum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanguicomīanguicomaeanguicoma
genitiveanguicomōrumanguicomārumanguicomōrum
dativeanguicomīsanguicomīsanguicomīs
accusativeanguicomōsanguicomāsanguicoma
ablativeanguicomīsanguicomīsanguicomīs
vocativeanguicomīanguicomaeanguicoma

anguĭcŏmus (four syl.), a, um, adj. anguis-coma,
I. with snaky hair (only in the poets): Gorgon, Ov. M. 4, 699; cf. id. ib. 4, 801; Stat. Th. 1, 544.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éngʷʰis
  2. Proto-Italic*anɣʷis
  3. Latinanguicomus

Latin coma Latin -us Latin anguicomus From anguis (“snake”) + coma (“hair of the head”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Quick answers

What does anguicomus mean in Latin?
anguicomus, a adjective, means “having snaky hair”.
How do you pronounce anguicomus?
In classical Latin, [aŋˈɡʷɪ.kɔ.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aŋˈɡʷiː.ko.mus].
Where does anguicomus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis → Proto-Italic *anɣʷis → Latin anguicomus.