noun
ā^tlantĭon
Meaning
- the lowest vertebra of the neck
ā^tlantĭon, ii, n. Atlas,
I. 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.