ἐλατός
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (ἐλαύνω) of metal,
A ductile, Arist.Mete.385a16, etc. II beaten, POxy.85ii16 (iv A.D.); χαλκός HeroBel.96.10, Heliod. ap. Orib.49.3.8; of beaten work, σάλπιγγες LXXNu.10.2; θώρακες Jul.Or.2.57b.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλατός: -ή, -όν, ῥημ. ἐπίθ. τοῦ ἐλαύνω, ἐπὶ μετάλλου ὃ δύναταί τις νὰ ἐλάσῃ, νὰ πλατύνῃ διὰ σφυρηλατήσεως, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 3. 6. 12, κ. ἀλλ.˙ περὶ τοῦ ἐλ. χαλκός, ἴδε Μυλλ. Ἀρχ. Τέχν. § 306. 4.
