paxillus

I. 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.