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ātlantĭon (noun N) : Atlas
* The lowest vertebra of the neck (so called because on it rests the whole burden of the head and the remaining vertebrae of the neck): hunc spinae articulum sive nodum Atlantion vocant,Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 99.
* The lowest vertebra of the neck (so called because on it rests the whole burden of the head and the remaining vertebrae of the neck): hunc spinae articulum sive nodum Atlantion vocant,Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 99.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Atlantion
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