automatum. Pl. automata, -atons.
1. lit. Something which has the power of spontaneous motion or self-movement.
2. A living being viewed materially.
3. A piece of mechanism having its motive power so concealed that it appears to move spontaneously.
4. A living being whose actions are purely involuntary or mechanical.
5. A human being acting mechanically or without active intelligence in a monotonous routine.
