axāmenta
ōrum, n.
axis, II. F., since they were inscribed on tables of wood
I.
religious hymns written in Saturnian measure, which were annually sung by the Salii, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll.: axamenta: στίχοι ἐπὶ θυσιῶν?̔Ηρακλέους, Gloss.; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq. The beginning of such a Salian hymn (in Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.) runs thus: Divom éxta cánte, Dívom Dío súpplicante.