ἄξων,ονος,ὁ,
A. axle,
Il. 16.378 ; σιδήρεος
5.723
;φήγινοςib. 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, pathof action, LXX Pr. 2.9 , 2.18 .
II. οἱ ἄξονες the wooden tablets of the lawsin 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 .