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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that which is spread before</b> a thing, <b class="b2">hanging, curtain</b>, παραπετάσματα ποικίλα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.82</span> ; π. Μηδικά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>938</span> ; τὸ π. τὸ Κύπριον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>611</span> ; π. λιτόν <span class="title">IG</span>12.330.6 : metaph., <b class="b2">screen, cover</b>, ταῖς τέχναις ταύταις παραπετάσμασιν ἐχρήσαντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>316e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.45.19</span> ; τὰ χρήματα… π. τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Alex.340</span> ( = <span class="bibl">Antiph.327</span>) ; εἶχεν δὲ π. τὴν ἐρημίαν <span class="bibl">Men.406.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> pl., <b class="b2">mantlets</b>, <span class="bibl">Agath.3.7</span>.</span>