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.