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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fort]] or <b class="b2">stronghold placed on the enemy's frontier</b>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.8.95</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.2</span> ; [[τινί]] or <b class="b3">ἐπί τινα</b> [[against]] one, κατασκευάζειν ὑμῖν ἐ. τὴν Εὔβοιαν <span class="bibl">D.8.66</span> ; ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν <span class="bibl">Id.18.71</span> ; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">D.H.3.43</span> : c. gen., <b class="b3">ἔχουσι τοσαῦτ' ἐ. τῆς αὑτοῦ χώρας</b> holding so many [[fortresses which command]] his country, <span class="bibl">D.4.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τῆς αὑτῆς ἀρχῆς ἐ. πρὸς τὸ μηδ' ὁτιοῦν παρακινεῖν</b> [[a barrier]] or [[obstacle]] to.., <span class="bibl">Id.15.12</span> ; ὥσπερ ἐ. τοῖς υἱοῖς κατάγει τὸν Ἀντίπατρον <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.23.1</span> ; <b class="b3">τὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἐ. τῶν νόμων</b> [[a barrier against]], or [[a bulwark in defence of]], the laws, Alcid. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1406b11</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων παθῶν</b> ἡ ποιητικὴ καθέστηκεν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.298</span>.</span>