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axem

axem is a Latin form of axis, meaning “axle; pole (of the sky); the sky”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 46 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 1.52: … nim ipse mundus deus est, quid potest esse minus quietum quam nullo puncto temporis intermisso versari circum axem caeli admirabili celeritate: nisi quietum autem nihil beatum est; sive in ipso mundo deus inest aliquis, qui …

All forms of axis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.