ἄτομος
ἀπομυξάμενος, ὦ Δῆμέ, μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ → blow your nose, Demos, and wipe your hand on my head
English (LSJ)
ον,
A uncut, unmown, λειμών S.Tr.200; ἄ. πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp.14.7; ἄ. λίβανος in lumps, Dsc.1.68.1; ἄτομον, τό, = ὑοσκύαμος, dub. in Ps.-Dsc.4.68 (cf. ἀταῖος). 2 Gramm., of words, not compound, D.H.Th.22. II that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαί Arist.Ph.206a17, cf. LI968a1; μεγέθη Id.Ph.187a3; esp. of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (sc. σώματα) καὶ κενόν Democr.9, 125, cf. Arist.de An.404a2, Metaph.1039a10; in full, ἄ. σώματα Id.Cael.303a21, Epicur.Nat.14Fr.5: sg., ἄτομόν ἐστι σῶμα στερεόν . . Id.p.129.24 U.; also ἄ. φύσεις Democr. ap. Diog.Oen.5, Epicur.Ep.1p.7U.; ἄτομοι, αἱ, ib.p.14 U.,al., Phld.Sign.5,al., Alciphr.1.34. 2 of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον Arist.Ph.263b27; κατ' ἄ. χρόνον Id.Sens.447b18; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, Id.Ph. 236a6, 1 Ep.Cor.15.52; ἐν ἀ. ὀργῆς Sm.Is.54.8. b metaph., infinitely small, διαφοραί Plu.Phoc.3. III in Logic, individual, of terms, Pl.Sph.229d; of the εἶδος, Arist.Metaph.1034a8, de An.414b27. 2 individual, Id.APo.96b11, al.: Subst. ἄτομον, τό, Id.Cat. 1b6, 3a38, Metaph.1058a18 (pl.), Plot.6.2.2, al. 3 of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖν Arist.Metaph.994b21. Adv. ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, Id.APo.79a33.
