Paxillus, huius paxilli, Diminut. Palus, pali, vt ait Priscianus. Cicero autem paxillo palus deducit. Colum. A little stake: a pale: a post.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
paxillus, i, m., = pa/ssalos, a small stake, a peg.I.Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9; Col. 4, 16, 3; 8, 8, 3: dodrantales paxilli, Plin. 17, 21, 35, 154; Vulg. Isa. 22, 25 et saep.—II.Transf.: novam haeresim novo paxillo suspendisse, Varr. ap. Non. 153, 9.