| 释义 |
‖ abaton Greek Antiq.|ˈæbətən|
[a. Gr. ἄβατον, neut. sing. of ἄβατος not to be trodden, f. ἀ- priv. + βατός accessible (βαίνειν to walk, go).]
An enclosure attached to a temple of Asclepios, where patients slept.
1884A. C. Merriam in Amer. Antiquarian VI. 304 Thereupon sleep fell upon him, and a serpent issuing from the Abaton, healed his toe with his tongue, and when he had done this he glided back again into the Abaton. 1885Q. Rev. Apr. 302 The patients were sleeping in the sacred enclosure or abaton of the temple. 1925Lancet 3 Oct. 689/1 In nearly all cases the patient comes to the shrine of Asclepios, sleeps in the ‘abaton’, has a vision or a dream. |