LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

anguimanus

anguimanus
Classical[aŋˈɡʷɪ.ma.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[aŋˈɡʷiː.ma.nus]

Meaning

  1. serpent-handed (used by Lucretius as a poetic epithet of the elephant)
    […]sicut quadripedum cum primis esse videmus in genere anguimanūs elephantōs, India quōrum milibus e multis vallo munitur eburno, ut penitus nequeat penetrari:[…]1924 translation by W. H. D. Rouse, revised by Martin F. Smith as in the race of quadrupeds we see especially snake-handed elephants, which in their many thousands provide an ivory palisade about India, so that none may penetrate withinc. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 2.536
    Inde boves Lucas turrito corpore, tetras, anguimanūs, bellī docuērunt volnera Poenī1924 translation by W. H. D. Rouse, revised by Martin F. Smith Next the Lucanian oxen with turreted backs, hideous creatures, snake-handed, were taught by the Carthaginians to endure the wounds of war, and to confound the great hosts of Mars.c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1302

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanguimanusanguimanus
anguimana		anguimanum
genitiveanguimanūs
anguimanī		anguimanūs
anguimanae		anguimanī
dativeanguimanuī
anguimanō		anguimanuī
anguimanae		anguimanō
accusativeanguimanumanguimanum
anguimanam		anguimanum
ablativeanguimanū
anguimanō		anguimanū
anguimanā		anguimanō
vocativeanguimanus
anguimane		anguimanus
anguimana		anguimanum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeanguimanīanguimanaeanguimana
genitiveanguimanōrumanguimanārumanguimanōrum
dativeanguimanīsanguimanīsanguimanīs
accusativeanguimanōsanguimanāsanguimana
ablativeanguimanīsanguimanīsanguimanīs
vocativeanguimanīanguimanaeanguimana

anguĭ-mănus, a, um, adj. anguismanus,
I. with serpent-hand, an epithet of the elephant, because he makes quick, serpent-like motions with his trunk (manus), perh. only in Lucr. 2, 537; 5, 1303.

Origins

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

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

Quick answers

What does anguimanus mean in Latin?
anguimanus, a adjective, means “serpent-handed (used by Lucretius as a poetic epithet of the elephant)”.
How do you pronounce anguimanus?
In classical Latin, [aŋˈɡʷɪ.ma.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aŋˈɡʷiː.ma.nus].
Where does anguimanus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis → Proto-Italic *anɣʷis → Latin anguimanus.