Ăthō̆s (upon the length of the
o in Athos, cf. Wagner ad Verg. G. 1, 332; nom. also Atho, Athon; gen. not found, yet it may be assumed as Ăthōnis; dat. Atho; acc. Atho, Athŏn, Athonem, and, acc. to Serv ad Verg. A. 12, 701, also Athona; abl. Athone; cf. Seyfert, Gr. §§ 1498-1500; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 638, 344, 132), m., = Ἄθως, later Ἄθων, ωνος, Athos , a high mountain on the Strymonian Gulf , in Macedonia , opposite Lemnos , now Agion Oros or Monte Santo , Mel. 2, 2, 9 and 10; 2, 7, 8; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37; 4, 12, 23, § 72; 7, 2, 2, § 27; Liv. 44, 11; 45, 30; Verg. G. 1, 332 (as an imitation of Theocr. 7, 77); id. A. 12, 701; Ov. M. 2, 217; 11, 554; Val. Fl. 1, 664; Juv. 10, 174; Sen. Herc. Oet. 145; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 336; id. IV Cons. Hon. 475; id. in Eutr 2, 162; id. B. Get. 177; id. Gigant. 68; id. Laud. Stil. 1, 127.—In plur. Athōnes, Lucil. ap. Gell. 16, 9 fin.