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ἄτονος

ἄτονος, not stretched, relaxed

ἄτον-ος, ον,
  • not stretched, slack, relaxed, of the limbs, Hp. Aër. 3 (Comp.), 19; lacking in elasticity, of strands in torsion-engine, Ph. Bel. 58.18; πνοαί D.S. 1.41; σφυγμοί Aret. SD 2.9; of fruit, insipid, Dsc. 1.112 (Comp.), al.; τὸ ἄ. τῆς γεύσεως v.l. ib. 127; φωνεῖν ἄτονον Arist. Phgn. 813b3: Medic., of the stomach, Ath. 3.79f (Comp.), etc.: c. inf., too weak to . ., D.L. 7.35; of oratorical style, D.H. Dem. 20, cf. Hermog. Id. 2.11 (Comp.), Eun. VS p.493 B. (Comp.). Adv. -νως Plu. Lyc. 18: Comp. -ώτερον J. BJ 4.1.5; -ωτέρως Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.26.
      • 2 as Stoic term, lacking τόνος (q.v.), σπέρμα Sphaer.Stoic. 1.141; opp. εὔτονος, Chrysipp. ib. 2.155, 3.121.

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