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‡ ancaesa, ōrum, n. [am-caedo], an old word for caelata: vasa sic dicta, quod circumcaedendo talia fiunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 20 Müll.

Ancaeus, i, m., = Ἀγκαῖος, an Arcadian, slain by the Calydonian bcar, Ov. M. 8, 315; 8, 401; 8, 519.

† ancăla, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = ἀγκάλη (the bent arm), the bend of the knee, the knee, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1.

Ancălĭtes, um, m., a people in Britain, otherwise unknown, Caes. B. G. 5, 21.

anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].

  1. I. Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.; so only in the poets): Janus, Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.: Janus bifrons, Verg. A. 7, 180).
    Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked: acumen, Ov. M. 12, 337.
  2. II. In gen.
  1. A.
    1. 1. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion): Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast, the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168: securis, Ov. M. 8, 397 al.
      Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520: bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes, amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37; so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides, Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3: periculum, Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35: ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste, twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so, anceps terror, id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26: tumultus, Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11: ancipitia munimenta, on two sides, id. 5, 1 al.
      1. 2. Trop., twofold: propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam, Cic. de Or. 3, 16: ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi, id. ib. 3, 36: adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi, a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40: jus anceps, the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al.
    2. B. Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.): anceps fatorum via, Cic. Somn. Scip. 2: incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli, id. Marcell. 5: anceps proelii fortuna, Tac. H. 3, 18: oraculum, Liv. 9, 3: proelium, id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22; so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare, to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.: causa anceps, Cic. de Or. 2, 44: genus causarum anceps, id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3: dubium vel anceps, Quint. 4, 1, 10): fides, uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8; so also, ancipites animi, Luc. 9, 46.
      Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.
    3. C. Dangerous, hazardous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.; never in Cic.): viae, Ov. M. 14, 438: loca, Nep. Dat. 7, 3: dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā, Vell. 2, 79: anceps periculum, Tac. A. 4, 59: ancipites morbi corporis, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149: cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat, Suet. Aug. 59: Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant, Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20: vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps, pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5: adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est, id. A. 4, 17.
      So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen: dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat, Tac. A. 4, 73: seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica, id. ib. 1, 36: scelus inter ancipitia probatum, id. ib. 11, 26; 14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt, id. G. 14: nova ambigua ancipitia malebat, id. H. 2, 86: inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi, id. ib. 3, 40.
      Note: Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

Anchārĭus, ii, m., a Roman family name, Cic. Sest. 53; id. Pis. 38; id. ad Div. 13, 40.
Hence, Anchārĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining thereto, Cic. Quint. 4, 1, 74.

Anchīses (old orthog. Agchīses, Varr. L. L. Fragm. p. 264 Müll.; nom. Anchisa, Naev. B. Pun. Fragm. ap. Prob. Quint. 1, 5, 61; acc. Ancisem, Att. Trag. Rel. p. 220 Rib.; abl. Anchisā, Verg. A. 5, 244), ae, m., = Ἀγχίσης.

  1. I. Son of Capys, father of Æneas, who bore him forth from burning Troy upon his shoulders, Enn. Ann. 1, 30; Verg. A. 1, 617; 3, 710 sq.; Ov. M. 9, 425; 13, 640; 13, 680 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Anchīsēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Anchises: tumulus, Verg. A. 5, 761; and
    2. B. Anchīsĭădes, ae, m. patr., son of Anchises, i. e. Æneas, Verg. A. 6, 348.

anchŏra and anchŏrālis, v. ancora, etc.

† anchūsa, ae, f., = ἄγχουσα, a plant used as a cosmetic, ox-tongue: Anchusa tinctoria, Linn.; Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 48.

ancīle (also ancŭle after ἀγκύλιον in Plut. Num.), is, n. (gen. plur. ancilium, Tac. H. 1, 89; but anciliorum, Hor. C. 3, 5, 10; cf. Consent. p. 1898 P.) [prob. from ἀγκύλος, crooked, curved; v. ango], a small oval shield, Verg. A. 7, 188 Serv.; Luc. 9, 480; but specif. the shield that was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa (hence, caelestia arma, Liv. 1, 20), and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend; whereupon Numa caused eleven others exactly like it to be made by the artist Mamurius Veturius. so that if the genuine one was lost, the fact could not be known. These shields were carefully preserved by the Salian priests in the temple of Mars, and every year in March carried about in solemn procession (ancilia movere), and then returned to their place (ancilia condere), Ov. F. 3, 377; Liv. 1, 20; Verg. A. 8, 664; Tac. H. 1, 89; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 2244; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq.
Note: Adj.: clipeis ancilibus, Juv. 2, 126: arma ancilia, Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.

ancilla, ae, f. dim. [ancula], a maidservant, handmaid, female slave (com. used as fem. of servus, instead of serva).

  1. I. Lit., Liv. Andron. ap. Non. p. 153 (Trag. Rel. p. 3 Rib.): Am. Quis me tenet? Br. Tua Bromia ancilla, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 25: ecqua ancilla est illi? id. Mil. 3, 1, 199: Servos, ancillas amove, atque audin? id. Trin. 3, 3, 70 et saep.: ancilla aere empta, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 26; so id. And. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 78; 5, 1, 20 et saep.: ancillarum beneficio emitti, Cic. Har. Resp. 42: ducebat ancillarum greges, id. Mil. 55: hunc servi ancillaeque amant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 4: cum ancillarum puerorumque comitatu, id. Mil. 10 al.: occultat se in tugurio mulieris ancillae, Sall. J. 12, 5; Hor. C. 2, 4, 1; id. S. 1, 2, 63; 1, 2, 117; 2, 3, 215; id. Ep. 1, 18, 72: nec (liberi) ancillis aut nutricibus delegantur, Tac. G. 20; id. Or. 29: ancilla dominā validior, id. A. 14, 63.
  2. II. Trop.: terrā usus mortalium semper ancillā, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.
    As a term of reproach, of one servilely devoted to any thing: Fufidius ancilla turpis, Sall. H. 1, 15, p. 218 Gerl.

ancillārĭŏlus, i, m. [ancilla], a lover of maid-servants (very rare), Mart. 12, 58; Sen. Ben. 1, 9.

ancillāris, e, adj. [ancilla], relating to maid-servants.

  1. I. Lit.: artificium, the service of handmaid, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: ancillaris vestis, Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 15.
  2. II. Trop.: adulatio ancillaris, servile flattery, Amm. 26, 6.

* ancillātus, ūs, m. [ancillor], the service of a female slave, or in gen. of a slave, Arn. 7, p. 221.

ancillor, ātus, 1, v. dep. and n. [ancilla], pr., to serve as handmaid; hence, in gen., to serve, to attend upon, to be subservient to, etc. (only ante-class. and post-Aug.): invita ancillans, Att. ap. Non. p. 72, 3: uxoribus ancillantur, Titin. ib.: aestus (maris) ancillantes siderum avido trahenti etc., Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 213: cetera membra ancillari et subservire capiti, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 17.

ancillŭla, ae, f. doub. dim. [id.], a little serving-maid, a young female slave.

  1. I. Lit., Plaut. Rud. prol. 74; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 11; so id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Phorm. 5, 5, 10 al.: nec servus nec ancillula, etc., Ov. R. Am. 639 al.
  2. II. Trop.: juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedissequamque adjunxisti, Cic. de Or. 1, 55 fin.: praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas, id. Fin. 2, 21, 69.

ancĭpes, v. anceps.

      1. 1. * ancīsus (amc-), a, um [qs. part. of ancido], cut around or away: omnia ancisa recenti Volnere, every part cut with fresh wounds, Lucr. 3, 660.

(2. ancīsus, ūs, a false read. for ambecisus, Varr. L. L. 7, § 43 Müll.; v. ambecisus.)

‡ anclăbris, is, f. [anclo], a sacrificial table. The vessels upon it were called anclabria: anclabris: mensa ministeriis divinis aptata. Vasa quoque in eā, quibus sacerdotes utuntur, anclabria appellantur, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 11. 51 Müll.

anclo or ancŭlo, āre, v. a. [anculus], to serve with, to bring something as servant, to have the care of (only in Liv. Andron.): antiqui anculare dicebant pro ministrare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 20 Müll.: carnis vinumque, quod libabant, anclabatur, ap. Prisc. p. 684 P.: florem anculabant, ap. Fest. l. c. (Trag. Rel. p. 4 Rib.).

† 1. ancōn, ōnis, m. [v. ango], = ἀγκών (the bend of the arm), t. t., for the pure Lat. cubitum.

  1. I. The arm of a workman’s square, Vitr. 3, 3 fin.; 8, 6.
  2. II. A stone in a wall, which projects above more than below, and supports something; a console or volute, Vitr. 4, 6.
  3. III. The knobbed bars of a hydraulic engine, Vitr. 10, 13.
  4. IV. Forked poles for spreading nets (pure Lat., ames, Hor. Epod. 2, 33), Grat. Cyn. 87.
  5. V. The arm of a chair, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.
  6. VI. A kind of drinking-vessel in an alehouse, Dig. 33, 7, 13.

2. Ancōn, ōnis, f. [v. ango], a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus, now Derbend Bournow, Val. Fl. 4, 600; cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2, 369.

3. Ancōn, ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. [v. ango], = Ἀγκών, an ancient seaport town in the north of Picenum, situated on a promontory forming a remarkable curve or elbow, as the name implies, founded by the Syracusans, still called Ancona; form Ancōna, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23; id. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 11; Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; 3, 13, 18, § 111 sq. al.
Form Ancōn, Mel. 2, 4, 5; Cat. 36, 13; Sil. 8, 438; Juv. 4, 40 al.; and in a pun: Cingulum nos tenemus; Anconem amisimus, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1.

† ancŏra, ae (not anchŏra), f. [v. ango], = ἄγκῦρα, an anchor.

  1. I.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.
  2. II. Transf., an iron in the form of an anchor, Pall. 1, 40, 5.

* ancŏrāgo, ĭnis, m. [prob. ancora], a fish in the Rhine, now unknown, Cassiod. Ep. 12, 4.

ancŏrālis, e, adj. [prob. ancora], of or pertaining to an anchor: strophia, App. M. 11, p. 265, 7.
Hence, ancŏrāle, is, n., a cable, Liv. 37, 30 fin.; so id. 22, 19; Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; cf. ancorarius.

* ancŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. [prob. ancora], pertaining to an anchor: funes, cables, Caes. B. C. 2, 9.

ancŭla, ae, f. pr. dim. [anculus], a maidservant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 20 Müll.

ancŭlo, āre, v. anclo.

ancŭlus, i, m. pr. dim. [v. 2. Ancus], a man-servant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 20 Müll.

1. ancus appellatur, qui aduncum bracchium habet et exporrigi non potest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll. [v. ango].

2. Ancus (Marcius), i, m. [v. ango] (prop. a servant, as bending, crouching; hence = ancus Martius = θεράπων Ἄρεως, servant of Mars), the fourth king of Rome, A.U.C. 116-140, said to have been the grandson of Numa by Pompilia, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 3, 5; Varr. Fragm. p. 241 Bip.; Liv. 1, 32 sqq.; Verg. A. 6, 815; Hor. C. 4, 7, 15; Ov. F. 6, 803 al.

Ancȳra, ae, f., = Ἄγκυρα.

  1. I. A town in Galatia, now Angora, where was a marble temple of Augustus, built in his lifetime, Liv. 38, 24; Curt. 3, 1; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 98.
  2. II. A town in Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.
    Whence, Ancȳrānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ancyra, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 416: Marmor or Monumentum Ancyranum, a Latin inscription on the inside of the antœ of the temple of Augustus, containing a record of his deeds, being a copy of the bronze tablets placed in front of his Mausoleum; cf. Suet. Aug. 101, and Wolf, Suet. II. p. 369 sq.; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 286.