ἅτε: Difference between revisions

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