ἄβαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ᾰκος, ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[slab]], [[board]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[reckoning-board]], used for counting votes, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>69.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[board]] sprinkled with sand or dust for drawing geometrical diagrams, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>9.282</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Protr.</span> 34</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">VP</span>5.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[dice-board]], <span class="bibl">Caryst.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[sideboard]], <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">Diff.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[trencher]], [[plate]], <span class="bibl">Cratin.86</span>, cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>29.510 (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Lat. form [[abacus]], [[slab]] on capital of column, Vitr.3.5.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[marble]] [[wall]]-[[slab]], Id.7.3.10. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> v. [[ἀβακής]].</span>