ancora

ancŏra, ae (not anchŏra ), f. [v. ango], = ankura, 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.