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abaciscus

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ab⋅a⋅cis⋅cus

[ab-uh-sis-kuhs, -kis-]
–noun, plural -cis⋅ci [-sis-ahy, -kis-kahy] .
1. Architecture. a small abacus.
2. a tessera.
Also, abaculus.


Origin:
< NL < Gk abakískos, equiv. to abak- (s. of ábax; see abacus ) + -iskos dim. suffix
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