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ancŏra | anchŏra (noun F) = ἄγκῦρα: (not ), v. ango
* An anchor.
* Lit.: Ancora fundabat naves,Verg. A. 6, 3: jacere,to cast anchor,Caes. B. G. 4, 28; so, mittere,to let go,Vulg. Act. 27, 29: extendere,to put out,ib. ib. 27, 30: naves deligare ad ancoras,Caes. B. G. 4, 29: navem tenere in ancoris,Nep. Them. 8, 7: consistere ad ancoram,to lie at anchor,Caes. B. C. 3, 102: naves in ancoris constiterunt,id. ib. 3, 28 et saep.: solvere,to weigh anchor,Cic. Att. 1, 13; so, tollere,Caes. B. C. 1, 31; so Vulg. Act. 27, 40; also, in gen.,to depart, go away,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1: vellere,Liv. 22, 19: praecidere,to cut the cables,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34 al.
* Trop., as a symbol of security, refuge, hope, support: ancora jam nostram non tenet ulla ratem,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 42: ultima fessis ancora,Sil. 7, 24; cf.: spem, quam sicut ancoram habemus,Vulg. Heb. 6, 10.
* Transf., an iron in the form of an anchor, Pall. 1, 40, 5.
* An anchor.
* Lit.: Ancora fundabat naves,Verg. A. 6, 3: jacere,to cast anchor,Caes. B. G. 4, 28; so, mittere,to let go,Vulg. Act. 27, 29: extendere,to put out,ib. ib. 27, 30: naves deligare ad ancoras,Caes. B. G. 4, 29: navem tenere in ancoris,Nep. Them. 8, 7: consistere ad ancoram,to lie at anchor,Caes. B. C. 3, 102: naves in ancoris constiterunt,id. ib. 3, 28 et saep.: solvere,to weigh anchor,Cic. Att. 1, 13; so, tollere,Caes. B. C. 1, 31; so Vulg. Act. 27, 40; also, in gen.,to depart, go away,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1: vellere,Liv. 22, 19: praecidere,to cut the cables,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34 al.
* Trop., as a symbol of security, refuge, hope, support: ancora jam nostram non tenet ulla ratem,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 42: ultima fessis ancora,Sil. 7, 24; cf.: spem, quam sicut ancoram habemus,Vulg. Heb. 6, 10.
* Transf., an iron in the form of an anchor, Pall. 1, 40, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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