ἄγκυρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[anchor]], <span class="bibl">Alc.18.9</span> (v. [[ἄγκοινα]]), <span class="bibl">Thgn.459</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. βάλλεσθαι, καθιέναι, μεθιέναι, ἀΦιέναι</b> to cast [[anchor]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).13</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.36</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 662</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.5.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. αἴρειν, αἴρεσθαι</b> to weigh [[anchor]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>50</span>, <span class="bibl">80</span>; ἀνέλοιο <span class="title">AP</span>10.1 (Leon.); τὰς νέας ἔχειν ἐπ' ἀγκυρέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.12</span>; ὁρμίζειν <span class="bibl">Th.7.59</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγκυρέων ὁρμεῖν</b> ride at [[anchor]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.188</span>; νηῦς μιῆς ἐπ' ἀγκύρης [οὐκ ἀσφ]αλὴς ὁρμεῦσα <span class="bibl">Herod.1.41</span>; ἐπ' ἀγκύρας ἀποσαλεύειν <span class="bibl">D.50.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1071</span>; prov, <b class="b3">ἀγαθαὶ πέλοντ' . . δύ' ἄγκυραι</b> 'tis good to have 'two strings to your bow', <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.101</span>; ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύραιν ὁρμεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐᾶτε <span class="bibl">D.56.44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>19</span>; ἄ. δ' ἥ μου τὰς τύχας ὤχει μόνη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>277</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς</b> (sc. [[ἀγκύρας]]) <b class="b3"> ὁρμεῖν τοῖς πολλοῖς</b>, i.e. 'to be in the same boat' with the many, <span class="bibl">D.18.281</span>; εἰσζ μητρζ παῖδες ἄγκυραι βίου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>685</span>; <b class="b3">οἴκων ἄ</b>., of a son, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>80</span>; <b class="b3">ἱερὰ ἄ</b>., last hope, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[pruning-hook]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span> 3.2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[αἰδοῖον]], <span class="bibl">Epich.191</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[ἄγκος]]<br />Lat. [[ancora]], an [[anchor]], [[first]] in Alcae. and Theogn., for in Hom. we [[hear]] only of εὐναί, i. e. stones used as anchors; ἄγκυραν βάλλεσθαι, καθιέναι, μεθιέναι, ἀφιέναι to [[cast]] [[anchor]], Pind., Hdt., etc.; so, ἐπὶ δυοῖν ἀγκύραιν ὁρμεῖν, i. e. "to [[have]] two strings to one's bow," Dem.; cf. [[ὀχέω]]; ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς (sc. ἀγκύρας) ὁρμεῖν τοῖς πολλοῖς, i. e. "to be in the [[same]] [[boat]]" with the [[many]], Dem.