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|Definition=ατος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]], [[cavity]], Arist.Spir.483b23, Mu.395b34 (pl.), Anon.Lond. 23.20 (pl.), Thphr.HP3.8.3 (pl.), Babr.86.1, Ruf.Onom.145; [τοῦ νώτου] PMag.Par.1.1846; τὰ κοιλώματα τῶν νεφῶν Epicur.Ep.2p.44U., cf. 1p.9U.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[basin]] into which rivers [[discharge]], Plb.4.39.2 (pl.), 8; [[bed]] of a [[torrent]], Id.4.70.7: generally, of [[hollow]] places, [[low-lying]] [[land]], LXX Ge.23.2, Agatharch.32; κοίλωμα [[ἔμβροχος|ἔμβροχον]] BGU571.12 (ii A.D.); [[excavation]], PPetr.2p.43 (pl., iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ulcer]] on the [[cornea]], Gal.14.773, Aët.7.29.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Astrol., = [[ταπείνωμα]], Paul.Al.A.2, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).243 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., τὰ κοιλώματα τῆς εὐτυχίας = [[weak]] [[point]]s in... Phld.Vit.p.12 J.