crux ansata

/ ænˈseɪtə /

noun

1. another term for ankh

Word History and Origins

Origin of crux ansata¹

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

Example Sentences

The Latin, a long upright with shorter cross beam; the Greek, an upright and bar of equal lengths; the St. Andrews, in the form of a letter X; the Maltese, four triangles conjoined to a circular centre; the Hammer of Thor; and the Crux Ansata, or handled cross.

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The last form of cross to which we shall here allude is that known as the Crux Ansata, or Handled Cross.

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Isis stands upon a lioness; on one side of her stands a clothed male figure, holding in one hand the crux ansata, and in the other an upright spear.

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It is also called the 'handled cross,' or crux ansata.

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In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun's rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many a crux ansata, emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity.

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