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|Definition=-ατος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> anything made of [[bronze]] or [[copper]], [[vessel]], [[instrument]], Ar.V.1214, Fr.436, Lys.19.27, X.An.4.1.8, Sophr.30, Nicostr.21.4, PCair.Zen.40.1 (iii B. C.), BGU993 iii 12 (ii B. C.), Sor.2.29, etc.; ἀσπίδος τὸ χάλκωμα the [[bronze]]-[[work]], opp. τὸ [[ξύλον]], Arist.Mete.371a26, cf. Aen. Tact.37.7; [[cauldron]], Plu.Demetr.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[copper]] [[plate]] or [[tablet]], for engraving [[record]]s on, Plb.3.26.1, 3.33.18, IG9(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]], JHS32.160 (Pisidia).<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[metal]] [[plate]], Plb.6.23.14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[beak]] of a [[ship]], D.S.20.9, Plu.Ant.67, etc.