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|Definition=[ᾰ] (A), ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[trodden]] or [[beaten way]], [[path]], κιόντες ἐκ πάτου ἐς σκοπιήν <span class="bibl">Il.20.137</span> ; πάτον ἀνθρώπων ἀλεείνων <span class="bibl">6.202</span> ; οὐ μὲν γὰρ πάτος ἀνθρώπων ἀπερύκει <span class="bibl">Od.9.119</span> ; ὅ τις πάτου ἔκτοθεν ἦεν ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">A.R. 3.1201</span> : metaph., <b class="b3">ἔξω πάτου ὀνόματα</b> <b class="b2">out-of-the-way</b> words, Luc.<span class="title">Hist. Conscr.</span>44. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[floor]], βαλανείου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>384.27</span> (pl., V A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[treading]], prob. cj. in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[dirt]], [[dung]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span> 535</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>933</span> ; [[scrapings]] of oil, etc., Gal.12.116,283. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">πύρινος π</b>. prob. wheat-[[field]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>8.883.8</span> (ii A.D.) : the sense [[food]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>1185</span>, invented to explain <b class="b3">ἀπόπατος</b>. (Cf. Skt. [[pánthās]], Slav. [[pątǐ]] 'path', Lat. [[pons]] 'causeway' ; v. [[πόντος]].)</span><br /><span class="bld">πάτος</span> [ᾰ] (B), εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[robe worn by Hera]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>495</span>.</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[road]], [[path]]<br />See also: s. [[πόντος]] and [[πατέω]].<br />2. Meaning: = [[nourishment]], [[τροφή]]<br />See also: s. [[πατέομαι]].<br />3.<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: = <b class="b3">ἔνδυμα τῆς Ἥρας</b> (Call.Fr. 495, H.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [988] <b class="b2">*(s)pend-</b> [[spin]]<br />Etymology: After Bq and WP. 2, 661 (as supposition) to [[spinnen]], Goth. [[spinnan]] etc.; <b class="b2">s-</b>less forms in Lith. <b class="b2">pinù</b> [[plait]], OCS <b class="b2">pьnǫ</b> [[strain]] (cf. on [[πένομαι]]). But perh. just backformation of <b class="b3">πατέω</b> as "what is tread" = <b class="b2">long, cloth reaching to the feet, train</b>, the ntr. after <b class="b3">φᾶρος</b>, <b class="b3">εἷμα</b> a.o. (?; Frisk Eranos 38, 46). The etym. is far from certain, of course.