ἀτον-ία,ἡ,
A. slackness, enervation, debility,
Hp.
Aër.
20 ;laziness,
Epicur. Nat. 54 G.; ψυχῆς
Plu. 2.535d
; ἀσθένεια καὶ ἀ.
Luc. Nigr. 36
; ἰνῶν ἀ. καὶ τρόμος
Phld. Acad.Ind. p.76M.
; as Stoic term,lack of τόνος(q.v.), Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.120 , 123 , Arr. Epict. 2.15.4 , etc.; in oratory,lack of vigourin delivery, Hermog. Inv. 4 .
3. 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