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|Definition=ατος, τό, (λῶ) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[will]], [[desire]], [[purpose]], <span class="bibl">Epich.182</span> (prob.l.): concrete, <b class="b3">λ. Κορωνίδος</b> [[wil]]ful Coronis, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.25</span>; <b class="b3">μητρῷον λ</b>. thy [[proud]] mother, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1427</span>; <b class="b3">λήματος κάκη</b> weakness [[of will]], cowardice, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>616</span>; ἥκιστα τοὐμὸν λ. ἔφυ τυραννικόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>348</span>; ἐς τὸ κέρδος λ. ἔχων ἀνειμένον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">199</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>981</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>1000</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[temper of mind]], [[spirit]], either, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> in good sense, [[courage]], [[resolution]], εὔτολμον ψυχῆς λ. <span class="bibl">Simon.140</span>; γενναῖον λ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 8.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.57</span>; <b class="b3">αἴθων λ</b>. fiery [[in courage]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>448</span>; δύο λήμασιν ἴσους Ἀτρεΐδας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>122</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστοί</b> relying on their archer [[spirit]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>55</span> (anap.); ἀρείφατον λ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>147</span>; πέτρας τὸ λ. κἀδάμαντος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>596</span>; λ. οὐκ ἄτολμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>457</span> (lyr.); καθ' Ἡρακλέα… τὸ λ. ἔχων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>463</span>; or, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[insolence]], [[arrogance]], [[audacity]], ὅσον λ. ἔχων ἀφίκου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>877</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὦ λῆμ' ἀναιδές</b> ib.<span class="bibl">960</span>; δῆλον… τἀνθρώπου' στι τὸ λῆμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1350</span> (lyr.).— Poet. word, also used in Ion. Prose, in signf. [[spirit]], [[courage]], ἔργα χειρῶν τε καὶ λήματος <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.72</span>; <b class="b3">λήματος πλέος</b> ib.''III'', cf. <span class="bibl">7.99</span>, <span class="bibl">9.62</span>: and in late Prose, as <span class="bibl">D.S.2.58</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.10.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>50</span>, etc.; defined by Andronic.<span class="title">Pass.</span>p.575 M.</span>