hook (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. hāmus (esp. for catching fish)2. uncus (a large iron h.)3. lŭpus (a hooked engine of war) • hook (subs.): 1. hāmus (esp. for catching fish): to catch fish with a h., pisces hamo capere, Cic.: Hor.: Ov. Dimin. hamulus (a small h., esp. for surgical use): Cels.: a fishing-h., h. piscarius, Pl. St. 2, 2, 17. 2. uncus (a large iron h.): beams with an iron h. fastened at the end, asseres ferreo u. praefixo, Liv. 30, 10, fin.: used in dragging the corpses of criminals, Juv. 10, 66: Cic. 3. lŭpus (a hooked engine of war): Liv. 28, 3.