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.
