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|elrutext='''ἄβαξ:''' ᾰκος (ᾰβ) ὁ абак(а), счетная доска Sext.
|elrutext='''ἄβαξ:''' ᾰκος (ᾰβ) ὁ абак(а), счетная доска Sext.
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|etymtx=-κος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">reckoning-board, board for drawing</b> (Cratin., Arist).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Loanword from Hebr. <b class="b2">'abaq</b> [[sand]], [[dust]] (Lewy Fremdw. 173) is semantically weak; rejected by Masson Recherches 97. On the meaning Bruneau REGr. 80 (1967) 325-330. But s. Kratzsch WZHalle 23 (1973) 126 (Lat. LW [loanword] [[abacus]].) Kuiper compared <b class="b3">ἀμάκιον ἄβαξ</b>. <b class="b3">Λάκωνες</b> H., but Fur. 221 doubts. If the comparison is correct, the word is Pre-Greek (prothesis, <b class="b3">β</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b>).
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