incus
incus, an anvil
- I Lit. (class.): sine follibus et incudibus, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: si faber incudem fregerit, Dig. 14, 2, 2: impositos duris crepitare incudibus enses, Verg. G. 2, 540: positis incudibus, i. e. having established smithies, id. A. 7, 629: novā Incude diffingere ferrum, Hor. C. 1, 35, 39.—Prov.: eandem incudem tundere, to labor always at the same thing, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; so Amm.18, 4, 2; 28, 4, 26.—
- II Trop.: haec mihi incus est: procudam ego hinc hodie multos dolos, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 20 (613): juvenes, et in ipsa studiorum incude positi, i. e. still occupied with their education, Tac. Or. 20; so, philosophicā incude formatus, Sid. Ep. 4, 1: incudi reddere versus, to return to the anvil, i. e. to revise, retouch, Hor. A. P. 441.
~da,onfilti
diversisque modis sapiens incude subactum / malleus in ferrum peditat
faber ferrarius malleum et ~dem adquirit
assit ~s [gl.: ] ‥ super quam ferrum positum vel aurum emoliaturenclume. anvelt. stitye etc.
~des ferreis malleis ‥ continue percutiebat
cor ejus [sc. ] arens induratur ut †intus [Satan’s l. incus; cf. ], / et aurum ut lutum sub ipso mollescitJob xli 15
Pythagoras ‥ transiens per fabrorum officinas suavem et coherentem ex percussione trium malleorum super ~dem audivit sonum
[W. F. ] attach’ est per j inquidem
in emendac’ unius inquidis per fabrum nostrum renovatum xiiij s. x d.
quidquid ad unius fidei integritatem poscebatur, unius ecclesiae ~de informabatur
si inter ~dem et malleum gemuistis hactenus
in ~de et malleo semper dilatavit me Dominus
inter malleum et ~dem nos misistis
malleorum duros ictus et frequentes super patientie ~dem
incus es [Jhesu ] malleancium, / tener tamen, nam saucium / te malleator secuit
duo milia solidorum patrie ~dis relibrat eis liberalissima semper domina W.
moneta usualis ‥ acceptetur, dum tamen sit de ~de hujus regni
rex dedit sancto Andree et Kyneferdo episcopo ~dem monete
Quamdam includem ferream, supra quam dicti homines falcatores... eorum falces... aptare consueverunt... Uno validissimo ictu percussit super caput et supra seu prope pulsum a parte sinistra, taliter quod Incus prædicta intravit infra caput.
- in+CVD-, an anvil: sine follibus et incudibus: Impositos incudibus ensīs, V.: positis incudibus, i. e. having established smithies, V.: novā Incude diffingere ferrum, H.—Prov.: eandem incudem tundere, hammer away at the same thing.—Fig.: incudi reddere versūs, retouch, H.: in ipsā studiorum incude positi, i. e. still occupied with their education, Ta.
INCUS(ἄκμων), an anvil. The representation of Vulcan and the Cyclopes on various works of art show that the ancient anvil was formed like that of modern times. When the smith wanted to make use of it, he placed it on a large block of wood (ἀκμόθετον, Hom. Il. 18.410, 476, Od. 8.274; positis incudibus, Verg. A. 7.629, 8.451-Z2); and when he made the link of a chain, or any other object which was round or hollow, he best it upon a point projecting from one side of the anvil. The annexed woodcut, representing Vulcan forging a thunderbolt for Jupiter, illustrates these circumstances; it is taken from a gem in the Royal Cabinet at Paris. It appears that in the brazen age not only the things made upon the anvil, but the anvil itself, with the hammer and the tongs, were made of bronze (Hom. Od. 3.433, 434; Apollon. 4.761, 762). In later times it was made of the finest wrought iron (nucleus quidam ferri), specially hardened for the purpose (Plin. Nat.34.144). The invention of the anvil and other smith's tools was ascribed to Cinyras of Cyprus (Plin. Nat.7.195). Cf. Blümner, Technol. 2.187 ff. [MALLEUS]
[J.Y] [W.W](ἄκμων). An anvil (Verg. Aen. vii. 629), exactly similar in appearance to those in use at the present day.