ā^tlantĭon
ā^tlantĭon, ii, n. Atlas, 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.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
ā^tlantĭon
Headword (normalized/stripped):
a^tlantion
Intro Text:
ā^tlantĭon, ii, n. Atlas, 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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n4271
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