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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything sanctioned by current</b> or <b class="b2">established usage, custom</b>, Ἑλληνικὸν ν. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>269</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1471</span>; [[institution]], οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν ν. ἔβλαστε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 296</span>; θεοὶ ἡμῖν ν. οὐκ ἔστι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>248</span>, with a play on signf. <span class="bibl">11</span> (do not <b class="b2">pass current</b> with us). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> esp. <b class="b2">current coin</b>, <b class="b3">ν. κόψαι</b> or <b class="b3">κόψασθαι</b>, coin [[money]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.56</span>, <span class="bibl">4.166</span>; τἀρχαῖον ν. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>720</span>; ν. σύμβολον τῆς ἀλλαγῆς ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>371b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1257a11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.6.20</span>; τάλαντα νομίσματος <span class="bibl">And.3.8</span>; ν. ἡμεδαποῦ <span class="title">IG</span>12.91.4; τὸ ἐπιχώριον ν. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>21.12</span> (iii B.C.): pl. νομίσματα <b class="b2">pieces of money, coins</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.9.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">full legal measure</b>, τοῦ χοῶς ἢ τῶν κοτυλῶν τὸ ν. διαλυμαίνεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>348</span>.</span>