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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=ancile ancilis N N :: ancele; (12 waisted shields fell from heaven, copies in Salii shrine of Mars)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ancīle</b>: (also ancŭle [[after]] ἀγκύλιον in Plut. Num.), is, n. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. ancilium, Tac. H. 1, 89; [[but]] anciliorum, Hor. C. 3, 5, 10; cf. Consent. p. 1898 P.) [prob. from ἀγκύλος, [[crooked]], [[curved]]; v. [[ango]], a [[small]] [[oval]] [[shield]], Verg. A. 7, 188 Serv.; Luc. 9, 480; [[but]] specif. the [[shield]] [[that]] [[was]] said to [[have]] [[fallen]] from [[heaven]] in the [[reign]] of [[Numa]] ([[hence]], caelestia [[arma]], Liv. 1, 20), and on the [[preservation]] of [[which]] the [[prosperity]] of [[Rome]] [[was]] [[declared]] to [[depend]]; whereupon [[Numa]] caused [[eleven]] others [[exactly]] [[like]] it to be made by the [[artist]] [[Mamurius]] [[Veturius]]. so [[that]] if the [[genuine]] one [[was]] [[lost]], the [[fact]] could not be [[known]]. These shields were [[carefully]] preserved by the Salian priests in the [[temple]] of [[Mars]], and [[every]] [[year]] in March carried [[about]] in [[solemn]] [[procession]] (ancilia movere), and [[then]] returned to [[their]] [[place]] (ancilia condere), Ov. F. 3, 377; Liv. 1, 20; Verg. A. 8, 664; Tac. H. 1, 89; Suet. Oth. 8; Inscr. Orell. 2244; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq.!*? Adj.: clipeis ancilibus, Juv. 2, 126: [[arma]] ancilia, Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ancīle</b>,¹³ ĭs, pl. ancīlĭa, ĭum Tac. H. 1, 89 et ĭōrum Hor. O. 3, 5, 10, n.,<br /><b>1</b> bouclier sacré [tombé du ciel sous le règne de [[Numa]], qui en fit faire onze semblables, confiés à la garde des prêtres Saliens] : Liv. 1, 20, cf. [[Varro]] L. 7, 43<br /><b>2</b> bouclier ovale : Virg. En. 7, 188.
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{{Georges
|georg=ancīle, is, n. ([[nach]] Varr. LL. 7, 43 u. Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 377 [[von]] [[amb]] u. [[caedo]] = ancisile [[[auf]] beiden Seiten eingeschnitten], I) der kleine, länglichrunde, in der [[Mitte]] ausgeschweifte heilige [[Schild]], der im [[achten]] Jahre der [[Regierung]] [[des]] [[Numa]] vom [[Himmel]] [[gefallen]] [[sein]] sollte (dah. caelestia [[arma]]) und [[nachher]], um den echten [[gegen]] [[Entwendung]] zu [[schützen]], [[unter]] [[elf]] nachgemachten [[als]] [[Palladium]] der [[Stadt]] u. [[des]] Volks aufbewahrt wurde, das die [[dazu]] eingesetzten salischen [[Priester]] [[jährlich]] im [[Monat]] [[März]] in feierlichem [[Umzug]] [[unter]] Absingen [[von]] Liedern [[mit]] [[Waffentanz]] u. feierlichem [[Reigen]] [[durch]] die [[Stadt]] [[tragen]] (ancilia ferre, movere) u. [[nachher]] [[wieder]] [[feierlich]] [[aufbewahren]] mußten (ancilia condere), Lucil. [[sat]]. 9, 36. Liv. 1, 20, 4. Liv. epit. 68. Suet. Oth. 8, 3. Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 373 sqq. ([[dazu]] Burmann). Verg. Aen. 8, 664 ([[dazu]] Thiel): apposit., [[arma]] ancilia, Val. Max. 1, 1, 9. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1. p. 338, 9. [[Charis]]. 81, 22. Acro Hor. carm. 3, 5, 10. Serv. Verg. Aen. 8, 285: clipea ancilia, Iuven. 2, 126. – II) poet. übtr., [[jeder]] kleine länglichrunde [[Schild]], [[wenn]] [[von]] [[alter]] Waffenart die [[Rede]] ist, die [[Tartsche]], Verg. Aen. 7, 188. Lucan. 9, 480. – / Abl. [[ancile]], [[Charis]]. 61, 4 K.: Genet. Plur. ancilium, Tac. hist. 1, 89; [[dagegen]] heteroklit. anciliorum, Hor. carm. 3, 5, 10.
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{{esel
|sltx=[[ἀγκίλιον]]
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=ancile, is. n. :: [[籐牌]]
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