ἄβαξ

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.