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† 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.