α16Ἄβαξι
[in/on/with] planks, abacuses
What we call a)ba/kia. The Lawmaker [says] in the Martyrdom of Saint Thecla: "Tryphaina was overcome by suffering, and was seen lying like the dead on the slabs." So he says.
Ἄβαξι· τοῖς παρ' ἡμῖν λεγομένοις ἀβακίοις. ὁ Λογοθέτης ἐν τῷ τῆς ἁγίας Θέκλης μαρτυρίῳ· Τρύφαινα δὲ πάθει ληφθεῖσα νεκροῖς ὁμοία πρὸς τοῖς ἄβαξιν ὡρᾶτο κειμένη. οὕτω φησίν.