- ἄξων
- ἄξων, ονος, ὁ,A axle, Il.16.378;
σιδήρεος 5.723
; φήγινος ib.838, cf. Hes.Op.424, A.Th.153 (lyr.), etc.2 axis, of a cone, Arist.Mete. 375b22; of a conic section, Apollon.Perg.1 Def.7; of a cylinder, Archim.Con.Sph.1.260.3 axis of the celestial sphere, Arist.Mu. 391b26, Arat.22, D.H.2.5;ἄ. νοητός Eust.1389.59
.4 metaph., course, path of action, LXXPr.2.9, 2.18.II οἱ ἄξονες the wooden tablets of the laws in Athens, made to turn upon an axis, Plu.Sol.25: sg. in IG1.61, D.23.31.2 in pl., door-jambs, Parm.1.19.III in pl., part of a bridle-bit, X.Eq.10.9 and 10.IV the second cervical vertebra, Poll.2.132. (Cf. Skt. ák[snull ]as, Lat. axis, OHG. ahsa, Lith. ašìs 'axle'.)
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