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axis (noun M) : kindred with Gr. ἄξων; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71.
* Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns: faginus axis,Verg. G. 3, 172: axes aerii,Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30; 7, 33: axis versatilis,ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al.—Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.
* Transf.
* The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.
* A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.
* An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.
* A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.
* The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.
* Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.
* Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns: faginus axis,Verg. G. 3, 172: axes aerii,Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30; 7, 33: axis versatilis,ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al.—Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.—Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.
* Transf.
* The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.
* A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.
* An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.
* A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.
* The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.
* Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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