naxium

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

naxĭum, ii, n.,

a stone used for polishing marble, which was found on the island of Cyprus and prepared in the city of Naxos, in Crete , Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54; 37, 8, 32, § 109.