ω (ὁ) [ᾰ] Athôs, mt de Chalcidigue, HDT. THC. etc.

➳ Voc. Ἄθω, PLUT. M. 455 d ; acc. Ἄθω, PLAT. Leg. 699 a, etc. ; acc. ion. et att. Ἄθων, HDT. 6, 44 ; THC. 5, 3, etc. NONN. épq. et ion. Ἀθόως, HH. Ap. 33 ; gén. Ἀθόω, IL. 14, 229.

ω, ὁ, acc. Ἄθω Aeschin. 3.132, Theoc. 7.77, etc., but in earlier writers Ἄθων, Hdt. 6.44, 7.22, Th. 5.3; Ep. gen. Ἀθόω Il. 14.229; later gen. Ἄθωος Str. Fr. 33: — mount Athos, Ἄθως σκιάζει νῶτα Λημνίας βοός (prov. of those whose influence is felt at a distance, from the shadow cast by Athos) S. Fr. 776.

Place, proper name

• peninsula projecting from the larger Chalcidice peninsula in the north Aegean Sea, the modern Athos in Halkidiki Macedonia. (TOPOS text)