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ancon

ancōn, ōnis, m. [v. ango], = ἀγκών (the bend of the arm), t. t., for the pure Lat. cubitum.
  • The arm of a workman's square, Vitr. 3, 3 fin.; 8, 6.—
  • II A stone in a wall, which projects above more than below, and supports something; a console or volute, Vitr. 4, 6.—
  • III The knobbed bars of a hydraulic engine, Vitr. 10, 13.—
  • IV Forked poles for spreading nets (pure Lat., ames, Hor. Epod. 2, 33), Grat. Cyn. 87.—
  • V The arm of a chair, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1.—
  • VI A kind of drinking-vessel in an alehouse, Dig. 33, 7, 13.

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