ατος (τὸ) :
      1 matière provenant d’un corps en décomposition, ARSTT. Probl. 5, 32, Somn. 8, etc. ; GAL. 6, 99 ;
      2 décomposition, dissolution, ARSTT. G.A. 1, 18, 19, etc.

Étym. συντήκω.

ατος, τό, waste product, used by Arist. (and Thphr. Lass. 6, Gal. 6.184) to express the humours that permeate the body, but are not regularly either secreted or excreted, difft. from τὰ περιττώματα (v. περίσσωμα), Arist. GA 724b27, Somn. Vig 456b35, Pr. 864a18; apparently of a morbid or abnormal kind, τὸ ἀποκριθὲν… ὑπὸ τῆς παρὰ φύσιν ἀναλύσεως Id. GA l.c.

τό, das Zusammengeschmolzene, Aufgelöste, Arist. gen.an. 1.18. – Das Zerschmelzen, Hinschwinden, Hinschmachten, Arist. somn. 3.