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|lshtext=<b>ansa</b>: ae, f. cf. [[χανδάνω]], and pre-hendo, pre-hensum, and [[λαβή]] from [[λαβεῖν]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] by [[which]] [[something]] is taken [[hold]] of, a [[handle]], [[haft]]; of a [[vessel]], [[pitcher]], [[vase]], and the [[like]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[Cato]], R. R. 113; Verg. E. 3, 45; 6, 17; Ov. M. 8, 653; id. H. 16, 252; Mart. 14, 106 al.—Of [[other]] things, e. g. of an [[iron]] [[handle]] of a [[door]]: [[ansa]] ostii, Petr. 96.—Of the [[loop]] on the [[edge]] of a [[sandal]], [[through]] [[which]] the shoetie [[was]] [[drawn]], Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 12; so Tib. 1, 8, 14.—Of the [[handle]] of the [[rudder]], the [[tiller]], Vitr. 10, 8.—Of the cheeks of a [[balance]] in [[which]] the [[lever]] moves, Vitr. 10, 8.— In [[architecture]], the [[cramp]]-[[iron]] or [[brace]] [[which]] holds [[several]] stones [[together]], Vitr. 2, 8; Prop. 5, 1, 142.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., as also the Gr. [[λαβή]], [[handle]], [[occasion]], [[opportunity]] ([[rare]], and in the [[class]]. per. [[only]] in Cic.): illum quaerere ansam, infectum ut faciat? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 119: reprehensionis [[ansa]], Cic. Planc. 34: controversiarum, id. Caecin. 6 fin.: ansas sermonis [[dare]], id. Sest. 10: sibi [[tamquam]] ansas ad reprehendendum [[dare]], id. Am. 16, 59: alicui lucrandi ansam offerre, Amm. 28, 1.