atomus

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διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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Latin > English

atomus atoma, atomum ADJ :: indivisible, atomic, that cannot be cut
atomus atomus atomi N F :: atom, ultimate component of matter, particle incapable of being divided

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ătŏmus: a, um, adj., = ἄτομος.
I Uncut, not to be cut, indivisible: Graeci (tus) stagonian et atomum tali modo appellant, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62.—Far more freq.,
II Subst.: ătŏmus (-ŏs), i, f., = ἡ ἄτομος, an indivisible element.
   A Of matter, an atom, of which particles, acc. to the doctrine of Democritus, all things are composed (the distinction between an atom, an ultimate particle of matter, and a molecule, the ultimate combination of matter, was of course unknown to the ancients; syn.: corpora, corpora parva, corpora minuta, corpuscula, Lucr., Cic.): atomi, id est corpora individua propter soliditatem, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17; id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; id. N. D. 1, 20, 54; id. Fat. 11, 24; id. N. D. 1, 24, 66; id. Ac. 1, 2, 6 al.; Vitr. 2, 2; Lact. de Ira Dei, 10 (where, as in Vitr. 2, 2, acc. to several editt., it stands as masc.); Isid. Orig. 13, 2, 1 sqq.—
   B Of time: in atomo, after the Gr. ἐν ἀτόμῳ>, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, Tert. Res. Carn. 42 and 51; id. adv. Marc. 3, 24; so in the Gr. Test. 1 Cor. 15, 52, but rendered in momento by the Vulg.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ătŏmus,¹⁶ a, um (ἄτομος), non divisé : Plin. 12, 62 || subst. f., ătŏmus, ī, atome, corpuscule : Cic. Fin. 1, 17 ; Tusc. 1, 42, etc. || subst. n. in atomo Tert. Marc. 3, 24, en un moment.

Latin > German (Georges)

atomus, a, um (ἄτομος), unzerteilbar, unteilbar, tus, Plin. 12, 62: segmentum paene at., Paul. Nol. ep. 31 (11). – Subst., a) atomus, ī, f. (ἡ ἄτομος), jedes unteilbare Ding od. Körperchen, Atom, Monade, Cic. u.a. – b) atomum, ī, n., die Spanne Zeit, der Augenblick, in atomo (εν ἀτόμῳ), im Nu, im Augenblick, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 24 u.a.

Latin > Chinese

atomus, i. f. m. :: 微埃