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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tattoo-mark]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>585b33</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>721b32</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.48, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">Polyaen.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἱρά</b>, showing that the persons so marked were devoted to the service of the temple, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.113</span>; | |Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tattoo-mark]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>585b33</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>721b32</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.48, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">Polyaen.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἱρά</b>, showing that the persons so marked were devoted to the service of the temple, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.113</span>; especially of a slave, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.187</span>, <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.225</span>, <span class="title">Cod.Theod.</span>10. 22.4; or a soldier, ibid., <span class="bibl">Aët.8.12</span>; στίγματα ἐξαίρει βατράχειον καταπλασθέν Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span> 1.110: so metaph., σ. Ἰησοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>6.17</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἀνωφελῆ σ</b>., of inscribed laws, <span class="bibl">D.Chr.80.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[mark]], [[spot]], as on the dragon's skin, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>166</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.8.2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">8.4.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[stud]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ca.</span>1.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">σ. χρυσοῦν</b> [[colour]] of gold, Ps.Democr. ap.Zos.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.119</span> B., cf.p.126 B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span>= [[cicatricis signum]], Gloss.</span> | ||
<span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> (ϛ) is a ligature of the Greek letters sigma (Σ) and tau (Τ), which was used in writing Greek between the Middle Ages and the 19th century. It is also used as a numeral symbol for the number 6. In this unrelated function, it is a continuation of the old letter digamma (originally Ϝ, cursive form Greek Digamma), which had served as a numeral since antiquity and was conflated with the σ-τ ligature in the minuscule handwriting of the Middle Ages.</span> | <span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> (ϛ) is a ligature of the Greek letters sigma (Σ) and tau (Τ), which was used in writing Greek between the Middle Ages and the 19th century. It is also used as a numeral symbol for the number 6. In this unrelated function, it is a continuation of the old letter digamma (originally Ϝ, cursive form Greek Digamma), which had served as a numeral since antiquity and was conflated with the σ-τ ligature in the minuscule handwriting of the Middle Ages.</span> | ||