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|Definition=ατος, τό (same form in Dor.), poet. word, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">misery, calamity</b>, π. κακόν <span class="bibl">Od.5.179</span>; π. κακοῖο <span class="bibl">3.152</span>; <b class="b3">δύης π</b>. <span class="bibl">14.338</span>; π. τῆς ἄτης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 363</span>; π. θεὸς Δαναοῖσι κυλίνδει <span class="bibl">Il.17.688</span>; τοῖσι . . πῆμα κυλίνδεται <span class="bibl">Od. 2.163</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.11.347</span>; ἡμῖν πήματα πολλὰ θέσαν <span class="bibl">15.721</span>; τοι πῆμα τόδ' ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες <span class="bibl">24.547</span>; ἓν παρ' ἐσλὸν π. σύνδυο δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.81</span>; πημάτων ἔξω πόδα ἔχει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>265</span>; πήματα ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ' <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>594</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πῆμ' ἐπὶ πήματι κεῖται</b>, i.e. iron upon iron, the sword forged upon the anvil, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.67</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">68</span>; <b class="b3">σοφιστὴς πημάτων</b> deviser of <b class="b2">pains</b> (i. e. the <b class="b2">labours</b> of Heracles), <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Heracl.</span>993</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">bane, calamity</b>, ὅς μιν ἔτικτε . . π. γενέσθαι Τρωσί <span class="bibl">Il.22.421</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.50</span>, <span class="bibl">160</span>, <span class="bibl">6.282</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>379</span>; π. κακὸς γείτων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>346</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">p[imacracute]yati</b>, Goth.<b class="b2">fijan</b> 'hate'.)</span>