ἄτομος
atomos
uncut, unmown
Appears 157 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄτομος, ον, A. uncut, unmown, λειμών Tr. 200; ἄ. πώγωνος βάθη 14.7; ἄ. λίβανος in lumps, 1.68.1; ἄτομον, τό, = ὑοσκύαμος, dub. in Ps.- 4.68 (cf. ἀταῖος). 2. Gramm., of words, not compound, Th. 22. II. that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαί Ph. 206a17, cf. LI 968a1; μεγέθη Ph. 187a3; esp. of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (sc. σώματα) καὶ κενόν 9, 125, cf. de An. 404a2, Metaph. 1039a10; in full, ἄ. σώματα Cael. 303a21, Nat. 14Fr. 5: sg., ἄτομόν ἐστι σῶμα στερεόν . . p.129.24 U.; also ἄ. φύσεις ap. 5, Ep. 1p.7U.; ἄτομοι, αἱ, ib.p.14 U.,al., Sign. 5,al., 1.34. 2. of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον Ph. 263b27; κατʼ ἄ. χρόνον Sens. 447b18; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, Ph. 236a6, 1 Ep.Cor. 15.52; ἐν ἀ. ὀργῆς Is. 54.8. b. metaph., infinitely small, διαφοραί Phoc. 3. III. in Logic, individual, of terms, Sph. 229d; of the εἶδος, Metaph. 1034a8, de An. 414b27. 2. individual, APo. 96b11, al.: Subst. ἄτομον, τό, Cat. 1b6, 3a38, Metaph. 1058a18 (pl.), 6.2.2, al. 3. of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖν Metaph. 994b21. Adv. ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, APo. 79a33.
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