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ἄξων

ἄξων, an axle, axis; wooden tablet of laws in Athens

ἄξων, ονος, ὁ,
  • 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, LXX Pr. 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 IG 1.61, 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. ákṣas, Lat. axis, OHG. ahsa, Lith. ašìs ‘axle’.)

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