School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ANNONA. 27 AKCILIA CiREIED BY SALII. to preserve the twelve ancilia. They werekept in the temple of that divinity, on thePalatine mount, and were taken from itonly once a year, on the calends of feast of the god was then observedduring several days ; when the Salii carriedtheir shields about the city, singing songsin praise of Mars, Numa, and MamuriusVeturius, and at the same time performinga dance, which probably in some degreeresembled our morris dances, and in whichthey struck the shields with rods, so as tok^jep time with their v
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ANNONA. 27 AKCILIA CiREIED BY SALII. to preserve the twelve ancilia. They werekept in the temple of that divinity, on thePalatine mount, and were taken from itonly once a year, on the calends of feast of the god was then observedduring several days ; when the Salii carriedtheir shields about the city, singing songsin praise of Mars, Numa, and MamuriusVeturius, and at the same time performinga dance, which probably in some degreeresembled our morris dances, and in whichthey struck the shields with rods, so as tok^jep time with their voices, and with themovements of their dance. The precedingcut shows one of these rods, as representedon the tomb of a. pontifex salius, or chief ofthe Salii. ANCOIIA (ayKvpa), an anchor. The anchor used by the ancients was forthe most part made of iron, and its formresembled that of the modern anchor. Theshape of the two extremities illustrates theunco morsu and dente tenaci of Virgil. In-. deed, the Greek and Latin names them-selves express the essential property of theanchor being allied to ayKvKos, ayKuv, an-gulus, uncus, &c. The anchor as here represented and ascommonly used, was called Lidens, dnr\rj,afX(pi6oXo5 or aixcpiaroixos, because it had twoteeth or flukes. Sometimes it had oneonly, and then it had the epithet kr^ following expressions were used forthe three principal processes in managingthe anchor: — Ancoram solvere, oryKvpavXaXav, to loose the anchor. Ancoram ja-cere, $d\\eii/, pitrr^iv, to cast anchor. An-coram tullere, alp^iv, avaip^laBai, avaairacrBai,to weigh anchor. Hence aXpnv by itselfmeant to set sail, oyKvpav being vmdeistood. The anchor usually lay on the deck andwas attached to a cable (funis), whichpassed through a hole in the prow, termedoculus.
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