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|Definition=ατος, τό, (τρέφω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">nursling, creature</b>, <b class="b3">θ. Νηρεΐδων</b>, of dolphins, <span class="bibl">Arion 1.9</span>; mostly of tame animals, esp. sheep and goats, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Ages.</span>9.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>20.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.26.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>4.12</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>261d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀγελαῖα θ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">264a</span>; <b class="b3">ὑηνὰ θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>819d</span>; of game-cocks and quails, <b class="b3">ὀρνίθων θ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">789b</span>: generally, <b class="b2">animals</b>, <b class="b3">τοῖς ἡμέροις καὶ ἀγρίοις . . θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Criti.</span>118b</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of men, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1143</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>243</span>; <b class="b3">Χαρίτων θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>973</span>; δύσκολον τὸ θ. ἄνθρωπος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>777b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>174b</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">domestic slaves</b>,= Lat. <b class="b2">verna</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ Χρυσίππου θ</b>. <span class="title">GDI</span>12321.14 (Delph.), cf. <span class="title">CIG</span>3113 (Teos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">creature</b>, <b class="b3">ἄπλατον θ. κἀπροσήγορον</b>, of a lion, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1093</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>155e</span>); of Cerberus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1099</span>; <b class="b3">κακὰ θ</b>., of <b class="b2">a swarm</b> of gnats, <span class="title">AP</span>5.150 (Mel.); <b class="b3">θ. Σελινοῦντος</b>, of a fish, <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">Καρύστου θ</b>., comic for a cup made at Carystus, <span class="bibl">Antiph.182.3</span>; as a term of reproach, θρέμματ' οὐκ ἀνασχετά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>182</span>; ὦ θρέμμ' ἀναιδές <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>622</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>369</span>; in periphr., <b class="b3">ὕδρας θ</b>., for <b class="b3">ὕδρα</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>574</span>; νεογενῆ παίδων θρέμματα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>790d</span>; <b class="b3">θρέμματα παλλακῶν</b> <b class="b2">kept</b> mistresses, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>7</span>. (Written θέρματα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>478.15</span> (ii A.D.)).</span>