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ἄβαξ

abax · ὁ

slab, board

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Where it lives

  • Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

slab, board

slab, board:

1 reckoning-board

reckoning-board, used for counting votes, Arist. Ath. 69.1.

b board

board sprinkled with sand or dust for drawing geometrical diagrams, S.E. M. 9.282, Iamb. Protr. 34 (pl.), VP 5.22.

2 dice-board

dice-board, Caryst. 3.

3 sideboard

sideboard, Ammon. Diff. 1.

4 trencher, plate

trencher, plate, Cratin. 86, cf. BCH 29.510 (Delos, iii B.C.).

II slab

in Lat. form abacus, slab on capital of column, Vitr. 3.5.5.

2 marble wall-slab

marble wall-slab, Id. 7.3.10.

III

v. ἀβακής.

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