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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">prop, stay, support</b>, σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>254</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος</b>,=<b class="b3">ἐρεισάμενος</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">108</span>: in pl., [[stays]] of a house, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>793c</span> ; [[props]] to keep a boat on shore upright (cf. [[ἕρμα]]), <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.12</span> ; <b class="b3">ἁμμάτων ἐ</b>. [[strong]] knots, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1036</span> (lyr.); of the legs <b class="b2">which support</b> the body, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>689b19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>708b15</span> ; of the framework of the body, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>655a25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>532b3</span> ; of food, ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>8.256. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of a person, <b class="b3">Θήρων' ἔ. Ἀκράγαντος</b> [[pillar]] of Agrigentum, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.6</span> ; Ἑλλάδος ἔ. κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tim.</span>50</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔ. Ἀθηνῶν</b>, of the (future) tomb of Oedipus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of good fortune, εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.333.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[contusion]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>11</span>.</span>