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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> anything made of [[bronze]] or [[copper]], [[vessel]], [[instrument]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1214</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>436</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.19.27</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicostr.21.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>40.1</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>993 iii 12</span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Sor.2.29</span>, etc.; ἀσπίδος τὸ χάλκωμα the [[bronze]]-[[work]], opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ξύλον</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>371a26</span>, cf. Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl">37.7</span>; [[cauldron]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[copper]] [[plate]] or [[tablet]], for engraving [[record]]s on, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.26.1</span>, <span class="bibl">3.33.18</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).685, al. (Corcyra, ii B. C.), 14.612 (Rhegium, i B. C.), 952.22 (Agrigentum, iii B. C.), 953.24 (Melita, iii B. C.); written [[χάλχωμα]], <span class="title">JHS</span>32.160 (Pisidia). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[metal]] [[plate]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.23.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[beak]] of a [[ship]], <span class="bibl">D.S.20.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>67</span>, etc.</span>