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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ancōn</b>: ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. v. [[ango]], = Ἀγκών,<br /><b>I</b> an [[ancient]] [[seaport]] [[town]] in the [[north]] of [[Picenum]], [[situated]] on a [[promontory]] forming a [[remarkable]] [[curve]] or [[elbow]], as the [[name]] implies, founded by the Syracusans, [[still]] called Ancona; form Ancōna, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23; id. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 11; Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; 3, 13, 18, § 111 sq. al.—Form Ancōn, Mel. 2, 4, 5; Cat. 36, 13; Sil. 8, 438; Juv. 4, 40 al.; and in a [[pun]]: [[Cingulum]] nos tenemus; Anconem amisimus, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ancōn</b>: ōnis, f. v. [[ango]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[headland]] and [[bay]], as the [[name]] implies, on the [[coast]] of [[Pontus]], [[east]] of [[Amisus]], [[now]] Derbend Bournow, Val. Fl. 4, 600; cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2, 369.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>Ancōn</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1 ; Catul. 36, 13, et <b>Ancōna</b>, æ, f., Ancône [port d’Italie sur l’Adriatique] : Cic. Phil. 12, 23 ; Cæs. C. 1, 11, 4 &#124;&#124; <b>-nĭtānus</b>, a, um, d’Ancône : Cic. Clu. 40.<br />(3) <b>Ancōn</b>, ōnis, f., port et ville du Pont : Val. Flacc. 4, 600.||<b>-nĭtānus</b>, a, um, d’Ancône : Cic. Clu. 40.<br />(3) <b>Ancōn</b>, ōnis, f., port et ville du Pont : Val. Flacc. 4, 600.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Ancōn<sup>2</sup>, ōnis, f. (Λευκοσύρων Ἀγκών), [[Hafen]] u. [[Flecken]] in [[Pontus]], [[auf]] [[einer]] [[Landzunge]] an der [[Mündung]] [[des]] [[Iris]] ([[des]] heutigen Jeschil-Irmak), Val. Flacc. 4, 600.<br />'''(3)''' Ancōn<sup>3</sup>, ōnis, f. (Ἀγκών) u. Ancōna, ae, f., [[alte]] (dorisch-syrakus. Pflanz-)[[Stadt]] in [[Picenum]] am Adriatischen Meere, da wo [[zwei]] in die [[See]] vorspringende u. [[sich]] [[gegeneinander]] krümmende [[Vorgebirge]] [[einen]] [[sichern]] [[Landungsplatz]] [[darbieten]] ([[woher]] der [[Name]], v. [[ἀγκών]], der Armbug), [[mit]] einem [[Tempel]] der [[Venus]], [[berühmt]] [[durch]] Purpurfärbereien und die ausgezeichneten [[Wein]] u. [[Weizen]] liefernde [[Umgegend]], [[Form]] -on, Catull. 36, 13 (wo griech. Akk. [[Ancona]]). Iuven. 4, 40. Sil. 8, 436. Plin. 14, 67, u. in dem [[Wortspiel]]: [[Cingulum]] ([[Stadt]] u. [[Gürtel]]) tenemus, Anconem ([[Stadt]] u. [[Haken]], Heftel; vgl. 1. [[ancon]] no. I, d) amisimus, Cic. ad Att. 7, 11, 1. – [[Form]] - ona, Caes. b.c. 1, 11, 4. Cic. ep. 16, 12, 2; Phil. 12, 23. Liv. 41, 1, 3. Vitr. 2, 9, 16. Plin. 3, 111 u.ö. ([[daher]] [[mit]] [[Unrecht]] [[von]] Wesenberg Cic. Tusc. 1, 110 bezweifelt). – Dav.
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