ἄβαξ
From LSJ
Μὴ σπεῦδε πλουτεῖν, μὴ ταχὺς πένης γένῃ → Ditescere properans, inops fies cito → Vermeide schnellen Reichtum, sonst verarmst du schnell
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ᾰκος, ὁ,
A slab, board: 1 reckoning-board, used for counting votes, Arist.Ath.69.1. b board sprinkled with sand or dust for drawing geometrical diagrams, S.E.M.9.282, Iamb.Protr. 34 (pl.), VP5.22. 2 dice-board, Caryst.3. 3 sideboard, Ammon.Diff.1. 4 trencher, plate, Cratin.86, cf. BCH29.510 (Delos, iii B.C.). II in Lat. form abacus, slab on capital of column, Vitr.3.5.5. 2 marble wall-slab, Id.7.3.10. III v. ἀβακής.
