anchorae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anchora, anchorae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
anchor; grappling iron/hook; [in/ad ~is => at anchor];
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...adfixos unci conuellere morsus,adductum quotiens non senserat anchora funem. 700hic, ubi conprensum penitus deduxerat hostem,uictor..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ortu praecedere Chelas, cum tacitas soluere rates. non anchora uoces mouit, dum spissis auellitur uncus harenis; dum iuga..."
