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|Definition=ατος<b class="b3">, τό</b>: (φαίνω):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">apparition, phantom</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.69</span>, <span class="bibl">117</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>415</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">φ. ἀνθρώπου</b> <b class="b2">spectral appearance</b> of a man, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.15</span>; φ. γυναικός <span class="bibl">Id.8.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>179d</span>; φ. νερτέρων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 1127</span>; <b class="b2">vision</b> in a dream, ὀνείρων φάσματα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>274</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>644</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">φ. νυκτός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">501</span> (lyr.); νύχια φ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1263</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">appearance, phenomenon</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>155a</span>; ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεως <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>11.8</span> (pl.), al.: so, of <b class="b2">strange phenomena</b> in the heavens, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 338b23</span>, <span class="bibl">342a35</span>; of <b class="b2">images</b> apprehended by sense, Diog.Oen.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of <b class="b2">shows</b> or <b class="b2">mysteries</b>, as <b class="b2">images</b> or <b class="b2">types</b> of realities, εὐδαίμονα φ. μυούμενοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>250c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">sign from heaven, portent, omen</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.10</span>, <span class="bibl">4.79</span>, <span class="bibl">7.37</span>,<span class="bibl">38</span>, <span class="bibl">8.37</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1466</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268e</span>, etc.; φ. Κρονίδα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>145</span> (pl., lyr.); <b class="b3">Παλλάδα . . εὔσημον φ. ναυβάταις</b> Eur.<span class="title">IA</span>252 (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">monster, prodigy</b>, periphr., <b class="b3">φάσμα ταύρου, ὕδρας</b>, <b class="b2">a monster</b> of a bull, of a hydra, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 509</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">837</span> codd. (lyr.); of the Sphinx, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1016.3.</span>