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.
II. οἱ ἄξονες the wooden tablets of the laws in Athens, made to turn upon an axis, Plu.Sol.25: sg. in IG1.61, D.23.31.
2. in pl., door-jambs, Parm.1.19.
IV. the second cervical vertebra, Poll.2.132. (Cf. Skt. ák[snull ]as, Lat. axis, OHG. ahsa, Lith. ašìs 'axle'.)