Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, ā^tlantĭon

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xĕnŏdŏchīum

xĕnŏpărŏchus

xērampĕlĭnae

xērŏcollȳrĭum

xērophthalmĭa

xylŏcinnămōmum

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ā^tlantĭon , ii, n. Atlas,

I.the lowest vertebra of the neck (so called because on it rests the whole burden of the head and the remaining vertebrae of the neck): “hunc spinae articulum sive nodum Atlantion vocant,” Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 99.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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