paxillus, i, m., = πάσσαλος, a small stake, a peg.
I Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9; Col. 4, 16, 3; 8, 8, 3: dodrantales paxilli, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154; Vulg. Isa. 22, 25 et saep.*—
II Transf.: novam haeresim novo paxillo suspendisse, Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9.