ἄβαξ

ακος, ὁ
A. slab, board:
1. reckoning-board, used for counting votes, Arist. Ath. 69.1.
b. board sprinkled with sand or dust for drawing geometrical diagrams, S.E. M. 9.282, Iamb. Protr. 34 (pl.), VP 5.22.
2. dice-board, Caryst. 3.
3. sideboard, Ammon. Diff. 1.
4. trencher, plate, Cratin. 86, cf. BCH 29.510 (Delos, iii B.C.).
II. in Lat. form abacus, slab on capital of column, Vitr. 3.5.5.
2. marble wall-slab, Id. 7.3.10.
III. v. ἀβακής.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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