Ancon

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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ancōn: ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. v. ango, = Ἀγκών,
I 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.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ancōn: ōnis, f. v. ango,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(2) Ancōn,¹⁴ ōnis, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1 ; Catul. 36, 13, et Ancōna, æ, f., Ancône [port d’Italie sur l’Adriatique] : Cic. Phil. 12, 23 ; Cæs. C. 1, 11, 4