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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">chariot</b>, esp. <b class="b2">war-chariot</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.231</span>, etc.; freq. in pl. for sg., ἑσταότ' ἐν θ' ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι <span class="bibl">4.366</span>, etc.; τὰ Λυδῶν ἄρματα <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>5.19</span>; ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρμασι ζευγνύναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>190</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>111</span>; ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρματα ἄγειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>465</span>; πῶλον . . ζυγέντ' ἐν ἅρμασιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>795</span> (lyr.); opp. <b class="b3">ἁρμάμαξα</b> (q. v.); also, <b class="b2">racing-chariot</b> drawn by horses, opp. <b class="b3">ὄχημα</b> (a mule-car), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>106.5</span>; ἅ. τέλειον <span class="title">IG</span>2.967.45; ἁρμάτων ὀχήματα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>662</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1190</span>; <b class="b2">travelling-chariot</b>, Act.Ap.8.28. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">chariot and horses, yoked chariot</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.384</span>, etc.; ἅ. τέθριππον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>10.65</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>483</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τρίπωλον ἅ. δαιμόνων</b> of three goddesses, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Andr.</span>277</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">team, chariot-horses</b>, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>881</span> (lyr.); ἅρματα . . φυσῶντα καὶ πνέοντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>902</span>; <b class="b3">ἅρματα τρέφειν</b> keep <b class="b2">chariot-horses for racing</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>11.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἅρματος τροφεύς</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>834b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., ἅ. θαλάσσης <b class="b2">a ship</b>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>4.230</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.190</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a mountain district in Attica</b>, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence prov., <b class="b3">ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">seldom</b> or <b class="b2">never</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.9.2.11</span>; <b class="b3">δι' Ἅρματος</b> alone, Plu.2.679c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pythag. name for <b class="b2">unity</b>, Theol.Ar.6.</span>

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