ansatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ansātus, a, um, adj. [ansa],

furnished with or having a handle : capulae a capiendo, quod ansatae, ut prehendi possint, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35: vas, Col. 9, 15: tela, darts having a thong , Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 155 Vahl.).—Also, absol. : ansatae (sc. hastae), Enn. ap. Non. p. 556, 25 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.): homo ansatus, a man with handles , i. e. with his arms a-kimbo , Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7.