A dictionary of Greek and Roman . vi. 3.) Such an anchor was often termed bidens,hnr\r\, a/jL<pi€o\os or a/Acpio-Top-os, because it hadtwo teeth or flukes ; but sometimes it had onlyone, and was then called erepotrronos. The tech-nical expressions in the use of the anchor are:ancoram solvere, aynvpav xa^%vi to l°oseanchor ; ancoram jacere, aynvpav fiaWtiv or pirr-reiv, to cast anchor ; and ancoram tollere, ayKvpavalpsiv or avaipecrQai, to weigh anchor, whenceafyeiv by itself means to set sail, ayKvpavbeing understood. The following figure, takenfrom a marble at Rome, shows the
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . vi. 3.) Such an anchor was often termed bidens,hnr\r\, a/jL<pi€o\os or a/Acpio-Top-os, because it hadtwo teeth or flukes ; but sometimes it had onlyone, and was then called erepotrronos. The tech-nical expressions in the use of the anchor are:ancoram solvere, aynvpav xa^%vi to l°oseanchor ; ancoram jacere, aynvpav fiaWtiv or pirr-reiv, to cast anchor ; and ancoram tollere, ayKvpavalpsiv or avaipecrQai, to weigh anchor, whenceafyeiv by itself means to set sail, ayKvpavbeing understood. The following figure, takenfrom a marble at Rome, shows the cable (funis),passing through a hole in the prow (oculus). Each. ship of course had several anchors ; the one inwhich St. Paul sailed had four (Acts, xxvii. 29),and others had eight. (Athen. v. 43.) The last ormost powerful anchor, the last hope, was calledUpd, sacra, and persons trying their last hope weresaid sacram solvere. To indicate where the anchorlay, a bundle of cork floated over it on the surfaceof the waters. (Paus. viii. 12 ; Plin. H. 8.) The preceding account of the different parts ofthe ship will be rendered still clearer by thedrawing on the following page, in which it is at-tempted to give a restoration of an ancient ship. The Romans in the earlier period of their his-tory never conceived the idea of increasing theirpower by the formation of a fleet. The time when they first appear to have become aware of theimportance of a fleet, was during the secondSamnite war, in the year B. c. 311. Livy (ix. 30),where he mentions this event, says : duumvirinavales classis ornandae reficie?idaeque causa werethen for the first time appoint
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