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|Definition=-ατος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[chariot]], esp. [[war chariot]], [[chariot of war]], Il.5.231, etc.; freq. in plural for sg., ἑσταότ' ἐν θ' ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι 4.366, etc.; τὰ Λυδῶν ἄρματα Sapph.''Supp.''5.19; ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρμασι [[ζευγνύναι]] A.''Pers.''190, E.''Hipp.''111; ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρματα [[ἄγειν]] [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''465; [[πῶλος|πῶλον]] . . ζυγέντ' ἐν ἅρμασιν Id.''Ch.''795 (lyr.); opp. [[ἁρμάμαξα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); also, [[racing chariot]] [[draw]]n by [[horse]]s, opp. [[ὄχημα]] (a [[mule]] [[car]]), Pi.''Fr.''106.5; ἅρμα [[τέλειον]] ''IG''2.967.45; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα E.''Supp.''662, cf. ''Ph.''1190; [[travelling chariot]], Act.Ap.8.28.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[chariot and horses]], [[yoked chariot]], Il.2.384, etc.; ἅρμα [[τέθριππον]] Pi.''I.''1.14; ἅρμα [[τετράορος|τετράορον]], ἅρμα [[τέτρωρος|τέτρωρον]], Id.''P.''10.65, E.''Alc.''483: metaph., <b class="b3">τρίπωλον ἅρμα δαιμόνων</b> of [[three]] [[goddess]]es, E. ''Andr.''277 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[team]], [[chariot horse]]s, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι [[κέντρον]] Id.''HF''881 (lyr.); ἅρματα . . φυσῶντα καὶ πνέοντα Ar.''Pax''902; [[ἅρματα τρέφειν]] = [[keep chariot horses for racing]], X.''Hier.''11.5; ἅρματος [[τροφεύς]] Pl.''Lg.''834b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[ἅρμα θαλάσσης]] = a [[ship]], [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 4.230, al., Opp.''H.''1.190.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[mountain]] [[district]] in [[Attica]], where [[omen]]s from [[lightning]] were watched for: hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη]], i.e. [[seldom]] or [[never]], Str.9.2.11; [[δι' Ἅρματος]] alone, Plu.2.679c.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Pythag. name for [[unity]], Theol.Ar.6.