Ἄτλας
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
English (LSJ)
αντος, ὁ, acc. also
A Ἄτλαν A.Pr.428 (lyr.), cf. Sch.: (ἀ-euph., and τλάς, v. Τλάω):—Atlas, Od.1.52: later, one of the Titans, Hes. Th.517, A.Pr.350,428 (lyr.); αἱ δ' ἕπτ' Ἄτλαντος παῖδες Id.Fr.312. II in hist. writers, Mount Atlas in West Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven, Hdt.4.184, Str.17.3.2, etc.: pl, D.P.66. 2 the Atlantic Ocean, Id.30. 3 axis of the earth, Hsch. III Ἄτλαντες, in Architecture, colossal statues as supports for the entablature (cf. τελαμῶνες), Moschioap.Ath.5.208b, Vitr.6.7.6; κείονας ἄτλαντάς τε Epigr.Gr.1072.7. IV seventh of the neck-vertebrae, which supports the head, Poll.2.132. V Pythag. name for ten, Theol.Ar.59. [ᾰτλ A.Fr.l.c.]
