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Abacŭlus

(Gr. ἀβακίσκος), diminutive of abacus (q. v.), and denoting a tile of marble, glass, etc., used in making ornamental pavements. See Musivum Opus.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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