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ansa, ae, f. [cf. χανδάνω, and pre-hendo, pre-hensum, and λαβή from λαβεῖν], that by which something is taken hold of, a handle, haft; of a vessel, pitcher, vase, and the like.
- I. Lit., Cato, R. R. 113; Verg. E. 3, 45; 6, 17; Ov. M. 8, 653; id. H. 16, 252; Mart. 14, 106 al.
Of other things, e. g. of an iron handle of a door: ansa ostii, Petr. 96.
Of the loop on the edge of a sandal, through which the shoetie was drawn, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 12; so Tib. 1, 8, 14.
Of the handle of the rudder, the tiller, Vitr. 10, 8.
Of the cheeks of a balance in which the lever moves, Vitr. 10, 8.
In architecture, the cramp-iron or brace which holds several stones together, Vitr. 2, 8; Prop. 5, 1, 142.
- II. Trop., as also the Gr. λαβή, handle, occasion, opportunity (rare, and in the class. per. only in Cic.): illum quaerere ansam, infectum ut faciat? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 119: reprehensionis ansa, Cic. Planc. 34: controversiarum, id. Caecin. 6 fin.: ansas sermonis dare, id. Sest. 10: sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum dare, id. Am. 16, 59: alicui lucrandi ansam offerre, Amm. 28, 1.
Ansanctus, v. Amsanctus.
ansātus, a, um, adj. [ansa], furnished with or having a handle: capulae a capiendo, quod ansatae, ut prehendi possint, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35: vas, Col. 9, 15: tela, darts having a thong, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 155 Vahl.).
Also, absol.: ansatae (sc. hastae), Enn. ap. Non. p. 556, 25 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.): homo ansatus, a man with handles, i. e. with his arms a-kimbo, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7.