ἀτονία

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 vigour in 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; σφυγμοί Aret. SD 2.9; of fruit, insipid, Dsc. 1.112 (Comp.), al.; τὸ ἄ. τῆς γεύσεως v.l. ib.127; φωνεῖν ἄτονον Arist. Phgn. 813b3: Medic., of the stomach, Ath. 3.79f (Comp.), etc.: c. inf., too weak to . . , D.L. 7.35; of oratorical style, D.H. Dem. 20, cf. Hermog. Id. 2.11 (Comp.), Eun. VS p.493 B. (Comp.). Adv. ‐νως Plu. Lyc. 18: Comp. ‐ώτερον J. BJ 4.1.5; ‐ωτέρως Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.26.

2. as Stoic term, lacking τόνος (q.v.), σπέρμα Sphaer.Stoic. 1.141; opp. εὔτονος, Chrysipp. ib.2.155, 3.121.