Lewis Short
paxillus (noun M) : πάσσαλος
* A small stake, a peg.
* Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9; Col. 4, 16, 3; 8, 8, 3: dodrantales paxilli,Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154; Vulg. Isa. 22, 25 et saep.*
* Transf.: novam haeresim novo paxillo suspendisse, Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary