σωμάτιον

A. small body, poor body, Isoc. Ep. 4.11, Epicur. Fr. 181, Gnathaena ap.Ath. 13.584b, etc.; ἀσθένεια τοῦ ς. PHerc. 1041.1; of a sick man's body, PCair.Zen. 254 (iii B.C.), Gal. 13.1025, cf. Agathin. ap. Orib. 10.7.4; of an animal, Arist. Fr. 339; of an infant, Sor. 1.117.

2. corpse, Plu. 2.119b, Pap.inStud.Ital. 12(1935).99 (ii A.D.), PLips. 30.13 (iii A.D.), Hdn. 2.1.1.

3. slave, PSI 6.602.2 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 93.11 (iii B.C.), PUniv.Giss. 20.14 (ii A.D.), etc.

II. of things,

1. small body, corpuscle, Arist. de An. 409a11, HA 525a2.

2. pl., padding, used by actors to improve their figure, Pl. Com.256, Luc. JTr. 41, Poll. 2.235,4.115.

3. book, volume, Heraclit. All. 1, Porph. Plot. 26; structure of a poem, Longin. 9.13.

4. text, opp. signature, PGen. 11.18,68.18 (iv A.D.).

5. instalment of a sum due, PEleph. 14.21 (iii B.C.).-σωματ‐σωμάτειον is freq. v.l., cf. CIG 2829.9, 2835.5 (Aphrodisias).