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Ā̆treus (dissyl.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 24), ei, m., = Ἀτρεύς.

  1. I. A son of Pelops (hence, Pelopeïus, Ov. H. 8, 27) and Hippodamia, brother of Thyestes, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, king of Argos and Mycenœ, Ov. M. 15, 855.
    Atrea (acc.), Ov. Am. 3, 12, 39.
    Atreu (voc.), Sen. Thyest. 486; 513.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Ā̆trēĭus or Ā̆trēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atreus, poet. for Argive, Stat. Th. 8, 743; cf. Pompei. Gram. p. 113 Lind.
    2. B. Ā̆trīdes (Atridă in nom., Prop. 2, 14, 1), ae, m., a male descendant of Atreus; Atrides, absol. usu. for Agamemnon; in plur.: Atridae, the Atrides, i. e. Agamemnon and Menelaus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1: non minor Atrides, non bello major et aevo, i. e. not Menelaus, not Agamemnon, Ov. M. 12, 623; cf. id. ib. 13, 359; 15, 162.
      In dat. and abl. plur.: Atridis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 203; Ov. P. 1, 7, 32.
      In acc. plur.: Atridas superbos, Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.
      In sing.,
          1. (α) For Agamemnon, Prop. 4, 6, 23; Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; id. Ep. 1, 2, 12; id. S. 2, 3, 187; Ov. M. 13, 189; 13, 230; 13, 365; 13, 439; 13, 655 et saep.
          2. (β) For Menelaus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 43; Ov. M. 15, 805.
            Sarcastically: Atrides, of Domitian, as a haughty ruler of Rome, Juv. 4, 65.

atrĭārĭus, ii, m. [atrium], a porter, door-keeper, Dig. 4, 9, 1; 7, 1, 15.

‡ atrĭcăpilla, ae, f. [atricapillus], a bird of black plumage, the blackcap, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. melancoryphi, p. 124 Müll.

‡ atricăpillus, a, um, adj., = μελαγκόρυφος, μελάνθριξ, black-haired, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

* ātrĭ-cŏlor, ōris, adj. [ater], blackcolored: Cadmi filiolis atricoloribus, i. e. letters written with ink, Aus. Ep. 7, 52.

Ā̆trīdes, v. Atreus, II. B.

ātrĭensis, is, m. [atrium], the overseer of the hall or court (atrium), and in gen. of the house, a steward, major-domo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 4; so id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 80; id. Ps. 2, 2, 15; Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; id. Pis. 27 fin. (not elsewh. in Cic.; for in Parad. 5, 2, 36, atriensis et topiarii is a gloss; v. Orell. ad h. l.; so B. and K.); so Phaedr. 2, 5, 11; Col. 12, 3, 9; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3; Petr. 29, 9; 53, 10; 72, 8; Suet. Calig. 57.

ātrĭŏlum, i, n. dim. [atrium], a small hall, an antechamber, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 10, 3; Inscr. Orell. 4509; Vulg. Ezech. 46, 21 bis; 46, 22; 46, 23.

ātrĭplex, plĭcis (more ancient form ātrĭplexum, i, n., Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll.), n. (m., Plin. Val. 4, 7; f., Aemil. Macer Cap. de Atripl.), = ἀτράφαξις, the orach, a kitchen vegetable, Col. 10, 377; 11, 3, 42; Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 99; 19, 7, 35, § 117; 20, 20, 83, § 219; Pall. 5, 3, 3.

ātrĭtas, ātis, f. [ater], blackness, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 11; Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.

(atrītus, a, um, a false read. for atritas in Paul. ex Fest. p. 28 Müll.)

ātrĭum, ii, n. [acc. to Scaliger, from αἴθριον, subdiale, since it was a part of the uncovered portion of the house (but the atrium of the Romans was always covered); acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll., from the Tuscan town Atria, where this style of architecture originated; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.; and Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 254 sq.; but better from ater, acc. to the explanation of Servius: ibi etiam culina erat, unde et atrium dictum est; atrum enim erat ex fumo, ad Verg. A. 1, 730].

  1. I. The fore-court, hall, entrance-room, entry; that part of the Roman house into which one first came after passing the entrance (janua); cf. Vitr. 6, 4; O. Müller, Archaeol. III. § 293, and Etrusk. above cited. In earlier times, the atrium was used as a dining-room, Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 726. Here stood, opposite the door, the lectus genialis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 87; here sat the housewife with her maidens spinning, Arn. adv. Gent. 2, 67; here clients were in attendance, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Juv. 7, 7 and 91; and here hung the family portraits and other paintings, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; Mart. 2, 90; Val. Max. 5, 8, 3; Vulg. Matt. 26, 58; ib. Marc. 14, 54; ib. Joan. 18, 15 al.
    Poet. in the plur., of a single atrium: Apparet domus intus et atria longa patescunt, Verg. A. 2, 483; so Ov. M. 14, 260; Juv. 8, 20 al.
    Meton. for the house itself: nec capient Phrygias atria nostra nurus, Ov. H. 16, 184; id. M. 13, 968.
    So of the entrance-room in the dwelling of the gods: dextrā laevāque deorum Atria nobilium (as it were clients, v. supra) valvis celebrantur apertis, Ov. M. 1, 172; Stat. Th. 1, 197.
  2. II. In temples and other public buildings there was often an atrium, a hall, court: in atrio Libertatis, Cic. Mil. 22, 59; Liv. 25, 7; 45, 15; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Aug. 29: Vestae, Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 2; also called atrium regium, Liv. 26, 27; cf. Ov. F. 6, 263; id. Tr. 3, 1, 30: atrium tabernaculi, Vulg. Exod. 27, 9; ib. Lev. 6, 26: in atriis Domūs Dei, ib. Psa. 91, 14; 134, 2; Smith, Dict. Antiq.
    So atrium auctionarium, an auction-hall, auction-room, Cic. Agr. 1, 3; so Inscr. Orell. 3439; and absol., atria: cum desertis Aganippes Vallibus esuriens migraret in atria Clio, Juv. 7, 7. Such halls were the Atria Licinia, Cic. Quinct. 6, 25: ATRIVM SVTORIVM, the shoemakers’ hall, a place in Rome, Calend. Praenest. Inscr. Orell. II. 386.

Ā̆trĭus, i, m., Quintus Atrius, an officer in Cœsar’s army, Caes. B. G. 5, 9.