ansate

English

Etymology

From Latin ansatus, from ansa (“handle”).

Adjective

ansate (not comparable)

1. That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.
   • 1973, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities, page 124:

     The decoration of this feature is singular for it displays in relief an ansate, oval dish complete with offerings.

   • 1990, John Irwin Jones, Chapter 15: Comparative Development of Somatic Sensory Cortex, Edward G. Jones, Alan Peters (editors), Cerebral Cortex, Volume 8B: Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part 2, page 407,

     In cats, the ansate sulcus forms a posterior boundary for much of SI,^{[primary somatosensory cortex]} and the coronal sulcus functions as a jugular sulcus demarcating forelimb and face projections.

   • 2010, Roger Tomlin, “Chapter Seven: Cursing a Thief in Iberia and Britain”, in Richard Lindsay Gordon, Francisco Marco Simón, editors, Magical Practice in the Latin West: Papers from the International Conference held at the University of Zaragoza 30 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2005, page 249:

     Only two British tablets are ansate: these are Caerleon (Text-fig. 5), which (to quote the editors) “has two nail-holes for attachment”, and Bath 15, which was nonetheless folded up and deposited in the hot spring.

Synonyms

• (having a handle): ansated

Derived terms

• ansate cross

 

Anagrams

• Asante

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

ansate

1. inflection of ansare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

ansate f pl

1. feminine plural of ansato

Anagrams

• nasate, sanate