ατος (τὸ) [χᾰ]
      1 relâchement, écartement, PLUT. M. 132 d, 133 d ; LUC. As. 9, etc. ; p. suite, luxation, ORIB. 145 Matthäi ;
      2 écartement des hommes ou des rangs d’une troupe en bataille, POL. 18, 13, 8 ; PLUT. Æmil. 32.

Étym. χαλάω.

ατος, τό, slackened condition, relaxation, ἀναπνοὴ καὶ χ. Plu. 2.133d, cf. Luc. Asin. 9; lack of elasticity, Ph. Bel. 58.8, 65.50; low tension of blood-vessels, Orib. 7.19.6.
gap in the line of battle, Plb. 18.30.8; σύμμετρον ἔχειν χ. to be packed not too tightly, Plu. Aem. 32.
slit, Ruf. Anat. 59, Gal. 4.733; χ. ποιῶν ἐν τῇ ὑποτομῇ IG 7.3073.114 (Lebad., ii BC).
baulk or footpath on the edge of arable land, PLille 2.16 (iii BC), PGiss. 36.17 (ii BC), PLond. 3.881.21 (ii BC), etc.
dislocation, ἄρθρων Dsc. 1.109 (pl.).
congenital hernia, Vett.Val. 161.19 (pl.).
free play (cf. χάλασις 2) of a joint, Erot. s.v. πλοώδης.

τό, Abspannung, Erschlaffung, Verrenkung, Sp.; Pol. vrbdt es mit διάστασις ἀλλήλων, 18.13.8 ; Luc. Asin. 9.