ἄβαξ [ᾰ],ᾰκος,ὁ,
A. slab, board:
1. reckoning-board,used for counting votes, Arist. Ath. 69.1 .
b. boardsprinkled with sand or dust for drawing geometrical diagrams, S.E. M. 9.282 , Iamb. Protr. 34 (pl.), VP 5.22 .
2. dice-board,
Caryst. 3 .
3. sideboard,
Ammon. Diff. 1 .
4. trencher, plate,
Cratin. 86 , cf. BCH 29.510 (Delos,iii B.C.).
II. in Lat. formabacus, slabon capital of column, Vitr. 3.5.5 .
2. marble wall-slab,
Id. 7.3.10 .
III.
v. ἀβακής.