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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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

1. anser, ĕris, usu. m. [Sanscr. hasas; Gr. χήν; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose] (f., Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3; Col. 8, 14, 4; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. p. 7; Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 sq.), a goose; sacred to Juno, and which preserved the Capitol in the Gallic war. Hence held in high honor by the Romans, Liv. 5, 47; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20; Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 81 al.
Anser Amyclaeus, the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclœ, Verg. Cir. 488.

2. Anser, ĕris, m., a petulant and obscene poet (Ov. Tr. 2, 435), a friend of the triumvir Antonius, who presented him with an estate at Falernum (Cic. Phil. 13, 5). Acc. to Servius, Virgil makes a sportive allusion to him in Ecl. 9, 36: argutos inter strepere anser olores; cf.: ore canorus Anseris indocto carmine cessit olor, Prop. 3, 32, 84, and Weich. Poet. Lat. pp. 159-167.

* ansercŭlus, i, m. dim. [anser], a little goose, a gosling, Col. 8, 14, 7.

ansĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [anser], of or pertaining to geese: genus, Col. 8, 5, 10; Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56: pedes, id. 11, 47, 107, § 257: adeps, goose-grease, id. 30, 8, 22, § 133 al.: lana, down, Dig. 32, 68.

Ansibarĭi, ōrum, m., a Cheruscan tribe on the western shore of the Weser, Tac. A. 13, 55; 13, 56; cf. Mann. Germ. 156 sq.

ansŭla, ae, f. dim. [ansa], a little handle: cymbii, App. M. 11, p. 258, 37.
A small ring or hook, App. M. 4, p. 143, 41.
A small loop at the edge of sandals for the ties, Val. Max. 8, 12 fin.