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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> anything [[sanction]]ed by [[current]] or [[established]] [[usage]], [[custom]], Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα <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 νόμισμα ἔβλαστε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 296</span>; θεοὶ ἡμῖν νόμισμα οὐκ ἔστι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>248</span>, with a play on signf. ''ΙΙ'' (do not [[pass current]] with us). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> esp. [[current coin]], νόμισμα [[κόψαι]] or [[κόψασθαι]], [[coin]] [[money]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.56</span>, <span class="bibl">4.166</span>; τἀρχαῖον νόμισμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>720</span>; νόμισμα [[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>; νόμισμα ἡμεδαποῦ <span class="title">IG</span>12.91.4; τὸ ἐπιχώριον νόμισμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>21.12</span> (iii B.C.): pl. [[νομίσματα]] = [[pieces of money]], [[coins]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.9.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[full legal measure]], τοῦ χοῶς ἢ τῶν κοτυλῶν τὸ νόμισμα διαλυμαίνεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>348</span>.</span>