Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Mesanculon

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MESAN'CULON (μεσαγκύλον). Properly a Greek name, which the Romans expressed by hasta ansata or telum ansatum. It occurs, however, in the above form ap. Gell. x. 25. 1. and is described and illustrated at p. 83. s. ANSATUS.