axon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

axon, ŏnis, m., = ἄξων.

I A line upon the sundial , its axis , Vitr. 9, 5.—

II A part of the ballista, Vitr. 10, 17.—

III Axŏnes, um, the laws of Solon engraved on tables of wood (axibus ligneis, Gell. 2, 12; v. axis, II. F.), Amm. 16, 5.

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