Ancon

Ancōn, ōnis, f. [v. ango],

• 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.

Ancōn, ōnis, or Ancōna, ae, f. [v. ango], = Ἀγκών,

• 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.

2. Ancōn, ōnis, f. (Λευκοσύρων Ἀγκών), Hafen u. Flecken in Pontus, auf einer Landzunge an der Mündung des Iris (des heutigen Jeschil-Irmak), Val. Flacc. 4, 600.

3. Ancōn, ōnis, f. (Ἀγκών) u. Ancōna, ae, f., alte (dorisch-syrakus. Pflanz-)Stadt in Picenum am Adriatischen Meere, da wo zwei in die See vorspringende u. sich gegeneinander krümmende Vorgebirge einen sichern Landungsplatz darbieten (woher der Name, v. ἀγκών, der Armbug), mit einem Tempel der Venus, berühmt durch Purpurfärbereien und die ausgezeichneten Wein u. Weizen liefernde Umgegend, Form -on, Catull. 36, 13 (wo griech. Akk. Ancona). Iuven. 4, 40. Sil. 8, 436. Plin. 14, 67, u. in dem Wortspiel: Cingulum (Stadt u. Gürtel) tenemus, Anconem (Stadt u. Haken, Heftel; vgl. 1. ancon no. I, d) amisimus, Cic. ad Att. 7, 11, 1. – Form - ona, Caes. b.c. 1, 11, 4. Cic. ep. 16, 12, 2; Phil. 12, 23. Liv. 41, 1, 3. Vitr. 2, 9, 16. Plin. 3, 111 u.ö. (daher mit Unrecht von Wesenberg Cic. Tusc. 1, 110 bezweifelt). – Dav.

2 Ancōn, (14) ōnis, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1 ; Catul. 36, 13, et Ancōna, æ, f. , Ancône [port dʼItalie sur lʼAdriatique] : Cic. Phil. 12, 23 ; Cæs. C. 1, 11, 4 || -nĭtānus, a, um, dʼAncône : Cic. Clu. 40.

3 Ancōn, ōnis, f. , port et ville du Pont : Val. Flacc. 4, 600.

ANCON

ANCON(Ἀγκών), a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast of Pontus, east of Amisus. It is mentioned by Valerius Flaccus (4.600) in his Argonautica, after the Iris, as if it were east of the mouth of that river. Apollonius Rhodius simply speaks of it as a headland (2.369). The ancient authorities do not agree in the distances along this coast (Steph. s. v. Χαδισία;Hamilton, Researches, vol. 1. p. 288). The conclusion of Hamilton seems to be the most probable, that Derbend Bournou, east of Amisus, represents Ancon, as it is the first headland east of Amisus, and the only place before reaching the mouth of the Iris where a harbour can exist.He adds, that at the extremity of Derbend Bournou, a small stream falls into the sea between two precipitous headlands, probably the Chadisius of the ancients.

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