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sēmĭ-axĭus

sēmĭ-axĭus · m

an appellation of the early Christians

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What it meant

sēmĭ-axĭus — Lewis & Short

sēmĭ-axĭus, ii, m.axis,

I an appellation of the early Christians, derived from the manner of their martyrdom: licet nunc sarmentitios et semiaxios appelletis, quia ad stipitem dimidii axis revincti, sarmentorum ambitu uriemur, Tert. Apol. 50.

Where it came from

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