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ancŏra , ae (not anchŏra ), f. v. ango, = ἄγκῦρα,
I.an anchor.
I. 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.
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.—
II. Transf., an iron in the form of an anchor, Pall. 1, 40, 5.
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