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|lshtext=<b>axis</b>: is, m. [[kindred]] [[with]] Gr. [[ἄξων]] | |lshtext=<b>axis</b>: is, m. [[kindred]] [[with]] Gr. [[ἄξων]]; Sanscr. akshas = [[axle]], [[wheel]]; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. [[axle]], Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., an axletree, [[about]] [[which]] a [[round]] [[body]], e.g. a [[wheel]], turns: [[faginus]] [[axis]], Verg. G. 3, 172: axes aerii, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30; 7, 33: [[axis]] [[versatilis]], ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al.—[[Meton]]. ([[pars]] pro toto), a [[chariot]], [[car]], wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> The [[axle]] of a [[water]]-[[clock]], Vitr. 9, 6.—<br /> <b>B</b> The [[axis]] of the [[earth]]: [[mundum]] versari [[circum]] axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.<br /> <b>a</b> The [[pole]], Luc. 7, 422: [[axis]] [[inocciduus]], id. 8, 175: [[meridianus]], Vitr. 6, 1.—<br /> <b>b</b> Esp., the [[north]] [[pole]], Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—<br /> <b>c</b> The [[whole]] heavens: [[maximus]] [[Atlas]] Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum, Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub [[axe]], under the [[open]] [[heaven]], Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—<br /> <b>d</b> A [[region]] of the heavens, a clime: boreus, the [[north]], Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41: hesperius, the [[west]], id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—<br /> <b>C</b> A [[pin]] or [[hook]] on [[which]] a [[hinge]] turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—<br /> <b>D</b> The valve of a [[pipe]], Vitr. 10, 12.—<br /> <b>E</b> Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—<br /> <b>F</b> A [[board]], [[plank]], Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—<br /> An [[unknown]] [[wild]] [[animal]] in [[India]], Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76. | ||
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axis: is, m. kindred with Gr. ἄξων; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71.
I Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns: faginus axis, Verg. G. 3, 172: axes aerii, Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30; 7, 33: axis versatilis, ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al.—Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—
II Transf.
A The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.—
B The axis of the earth: mundum versari circum axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.
a The pole, Luc. 7, 422: axis inocciduus, id. 8, 175: meridianus, Vitr. 6, 1.—
b Esp., the north pole, Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—
c The whole heavens: maximus Atlas Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum, Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub axe, under the open heaven, Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—
d A region of the heavens, a clime: boreus, the north, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41: hesperius, the west, id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—
C A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—
D The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.—
E Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—
F A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—
An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.
