abax

From Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”). Doublet of abacus and abaque.

abax (plural not attested)

1. An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.

   Basic arithmetic could be done with an abax.

• Baxa

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.baks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.baks]

abax m (genitive abacis); third declension

1. alternative form of abacus

Third-declension noun.

• “abax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.