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ānŭlus (not ann- ), i, m. 2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.,
I.a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.
I. Lit.: “ille suum anulum opposuit,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76: “de digito anulum Detraho,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014: “(Gyges) anulum detraxit,Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: “gemmatus,Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.: “anulo tabulas obsignare,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67: “sigilla anulo imprimere,Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53: “anulum invenit = eques factus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33: “donatus anulo aureo,id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—
II. Of other articles in the form of rings.
A. A ring for curtains: “velares anuli,Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —
B. A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.—Irons for the feet, fetters: “anulus cruribus aptus,Mart. 14, 169.—
C. A curled lock of hair, a ringlet: “comarum anulus,Mart. 2, 66.—
D. A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns: “anuli columnarum,Vitr. 4, 3.—
E. Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.175
    • Horace, Satires, 2.7.53
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.3
    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.312
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1008
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    • Suetonius, Galba, 10
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 33
    • Suetonius, Nero, 46
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 73
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 11
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.9
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.169
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 2.29
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 2.66
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