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Ancus
(? from Gk. angkos: valley, or angkn: bend).
In Western chant notations, a neume signifying three notes in descending order, the last of which is semi-vocalized.
The ancus is the LIQUESCENT form of the CLIMACUS. Liquescence arises on certain diphthongs and consonants to
provide for a semi-vocalized passing note to the next pitch. (For illustration see Notation, [not available online].)

Bibliography
H. Freistedt: Die liqueszierenden Noten des gregorianischen Chorals: ein Beitrag zur Notationskunde (Fribourg, 1929)

M. Huglo: Les noms des neumes et leur origine, EG, i (1954), 5367

David Hiley

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