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atlantion

Could not find atlanti in Logeion dictionaries.

atlanti Noun: neuter genitive singular of atlantion

See atlanti in Morpho

ā̆tlantĭon, 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.

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