abax

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) IPA^(key): /ˈa.baks/, [ˈäbäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.baks/, [ˈäːbäks]

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.