English → Latin
“anchor” in Latin
ancoraanchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting); refuge, support, hopeōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearancesīdōto sit down, to seat oneself, to settle; to sink down, to sink out of sightexspectōto wait for, await; to look for, expect; to have need of, require
The English word anchor itself goes back to Latin ancora.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
anchor
ancora (poetically, also figuratively, of a main-stay, etc.): ora (the cable by which a ship was fastened to the shore). To cast anchor, ancoram jacere. The anchor holds, takes hold, ancora subsistit or sidit. To lie or ride at anchor, consistere in ancoris or ad ancoras: stare in ancoris (Liv.): navem in ancoris tenere, or in statione babere (of a pilot or crew: of whom was also said, in ancoris commorari or exspectare; the last with dum). To weigh anchor, ancoram or ancoras tollere (αἴρειν τὰς ἀγκὐρας); Oram solvere (but ancoras solvere, Cic., A.H., 1, 13, is unusual: ancoras vellere occurs in adoubtful passage, Liv., 22); solvere a terra, or solvere only (navem understood: like λύειν).
Figuratively, to anchor on anything, captare, appetere, concupiscere aliquid.
anchor v.
Intransitive, constituere navem: consistere in ancoris or ad ancoras (to lie err ride at anchor). Vid: the preceding word. Transitively, navem deligare ad ancoras: a fleet, classem supprimere (Nep.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for anchor?
- The usual Latin words for “anchor” are ancora, ōs, sīdō; also exspectō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.