ἅτε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=properly acc. pl. neut. of <b class="b3">ὅστε</b> (as in <span class="bibl">Il.11.779</span>, <span class="bibl">22.127</span>). <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">just as, as if, so as</b>, <b class="b3">ἅ. σήριον ἄστρον</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Alcm.23.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.85</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>168</span> (lyr., s. v. l.); τιμᾶν τινα ἅ. ἱερόφαντιν <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>7.221c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> causal, <b class="b2">inasmuch as, seeing that</b>, with part., ἅτε τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.154</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">102</span>; <span class="bibl">Cratin.295</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>623</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.130</span>, etc.: with gen. abs., ἅτε τῶν ὁδῶν φυλασσομένων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.123</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>223b</span>, etc.:—with part. omitted, <b class="b3">δίκτυα δοὺς [αὐτῷ] ἅτε θηρευτῇ [ὄντι</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.123</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἅ. γένους προμάτωρ</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>140</span> (lyr.); ἅ. δή <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; ἅ. δὴ οὖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321b</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἅ</b>. freq. in <span class="bibl">Olymp. <span class="title">in Mete.</span>39.12</span>, al.—Rare in Trag., and onlv in lyr.</span>