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|lshtext=<b>Ancus</b>: ([[Marcius]]), i, m. v. [[ango]] ([[prop]].<br /><b>I</b> a [[servant]], as bending, crouching; [[hence]] = [[ancus]] [[Martius]] = [[θεράπων]] Ἄρεως, [[servant]] of [[Mars]]), the [[fourth]] [[king]] of [[Rome]], A.U.C. 116-140, said to [[have]] been the [[grandson]] of [[Numa]] by Pompilia, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 3, 5; Varr. Fragm. p. 241 Bip.; Liv. 1, 32 sqq.; Verg. A. 6, 815; Hor. C. 4, 7, 15; Ov. F. 6, 803 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[Ancus]],¹¹ ī, m., [[Ancus]] [[Martius]], quatrième roi de Rome : Virg. En. 6, 815.
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