atlantion

atlantion
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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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