ἄτομος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">uncut, unmown</b>, λειμών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>200</span>; ἄ. πώγωνος βάθη <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.7</span>; ἄ. λίβανος <b class="b2">in lumps</b>, Dsc.1.68.1; <b class="b3">ἄτομον, τό,</b> = [[ὑοσκύαμος]], dub. in Ps.-Dsc.4.68 (cf. [[ἀταῖος]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Gramm., of words, <b class="b2">not compound</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that cannot be cut, indivisible</b>, γραμμαί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>206a17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">LI</span>968a1</span>; μεγέθη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>187a3</span>; esp. of particles of matter, <b class="b3">ἐτεῇ ἄτομα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">σώματα</b>) καὶ κενόν <span class="bibl">Democr.9</span>, <span class="bibl">125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>404a2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1039a10</span>; in full, ἄ. σώματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>303a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>14</span><span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>5</span>: sg., <b class="b3">ἄτομόν ἐστι σῶμα στερεόν</b> . . Id.p.129.24 U.; also ἄ. φύσεις Democr. ap. <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.7U.</span>; <b class="b3">ἄτομοι, αἱ,</b> ib.<span class="bibl">p.14</span> U.,al., <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>5</span>,al., <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>263b27</span>; κατ' ἄ. χρόνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sens.</span>447b18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀτόμῳ</b> in a <b class="b2">moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 236a6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>15.52</span>; ἐν ἀ. ὀργῆς Sm.<span class="title">Is.</span>54.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">infinitely small</b>, διαφοραί <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">individual</b>, of terms, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>229d</span>; of the <b class="b3">εἶδος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1034a8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">de An.</span>414b27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">individual</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>96b11</span>, al.: Subst. <b class="b3">ἄτομον, τό,</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span> 1b6</span>, <span class="bibl">3a38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1058a18</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Plot.6.2.2</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the <b class="b2">summum genus</b>, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>994b21</span>. Adv. ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν <b class="b2">immediately, without the intervention of a middle term</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>79a33</span>.</span>