πατήρ
πᾰτήρ,
ὁ, gen. and dat.
πατέρος, πατέρι in Ep. and Lyr., Att.
πατρός, πατρί (which is also the commoner form in
Hom.,
Hes., and
Pi.); acc. always
πατέρα ; voc.
πάτερ : pl.
πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων (
πατρῶν only
Od. 4.687 ,
8.245 ); dat.
πατράσι (cf. Skt. loc. pl.
A). pitṛ[snull ]u, no dat. pl. occurs in
Hom. or
Hes.), late Ep.
πατέρεσσι Q.S. 10.40 :—
father,
Il. 1.98 , etc.;
πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather,
14.118 ,
Od. 19.180 ,
X. HG 6.3.4 , etc.;
τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός S. Fr. 86 ;
μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόν ib.
564 ;
τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the father's side,
Hdt. 7.99 , cf.
SIG 1015.7 (Halic.), etc.; esp. of God, the
father of the Israelites,
LXX De. 32.6 , al.;
father of men,
Ev.Matt. 6.8 , al.;
father of Jesus Christ, ib.
7.21 ,al.
III). respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself,
ξεὶνε πάτερ Od. 7.28 ,
48 ,
8.145 , cf.
POxy. 1296.15 (iii A. D.), etc.; in addressing an elder brother,
UPZ 65.3 (ii B.C.).
IV). metaph.,
father, author,
ἀοιδᾶν π .. . εὐαίνητος *’ορφεύς Pi. P. 4.176 ;
Χρόνος ὁ πάντων π.
Id. O. 2.17 , cf.
Pl. Ti. 41a ;
τοῦ λόγου π.
Id. Smp. 177d , cf.
Phdr. 257b , etc.;
ὁ π. τῶν φώτων, i.e. God, the
father of the stars,
Ep.Jac. 1.17 ;
οἱ π. τῶν ἀτόμων the
authors of the atomic theory,
Gal. 1.246 ; of capital,
τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους Pl. R. 555e .
V). title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, IG 14.1272 , etc.
VI). π. πατρίδος, = Lat.
pater patriae,
Plu. Cic. 23 ,
BGU 1074.1 (i A. D.),
IG 7.2713.33 (Acraeph., i A. D.), etc.; similarly,
π. τῆς πόλεως ib.
5(1).1417.11 (Methone).
VII). in pl.,
ShortDef
a father
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Headword (normalized):
πατήρ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πατηρ
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πᾰτήρ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, gen. and dat. <span class="foreign greek">πατέρος, πατέρι</span> in Ep. and Lyr., Att. <span class="foreign greek">πατρός, πατρί</span> (which is also the commoner form in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span></span>, and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span></span>); acc. always <span class="foreign greek">πατέρα</span> ; voc. <span class="foreign greek">πάτερ</span> : pl. <span class="foreign greek">πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων </span>(<span class="foreign greek">πατρῶν</span> only <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:687" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.687/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.687 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.245/canonical-url/"> 8.245 </a>); dat. <span class="foreign greek">πατράσι </span> (cf. Skt. loc. pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pitṛ[snull ]u</span>, no dat. pl. occurs in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span></span>), late Ep. <span class="quote greek">πατέρεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 10.40 </a> :— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.98 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πατρὸς πατήρ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grandfather</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.118/canonical-url/"> 14.118 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.180/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.180 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 6.3.4 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 86 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:564/canonical-url/"> 564 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ πρὸς πατρός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by the father\'s side</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.99 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1015.7 </span> (Halic.), etc.; esp. of God, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father</span> of the Israelites, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg005:32:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg005:32.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">De.</span> 32.6 </a>, al.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father</span> of men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 6.8 </a>, al.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father</span> of Jesus Christ, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.21/canonical-url/"> 7.21 </a>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> esp. as epith. of Zeus, <span class="foreign greek">πατὴρ Ζεύς, π. Κρονίδης, π. ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.235/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.235 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:508" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.508/canonical-url/"> 21.508 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.544/canonical-url/"> 1.544 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">Ζεὺς π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:512/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 512 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">Ζεῦ πάτερ καὶ θεοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 225 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. Οὐρανιδᾶν Ζ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.194 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων Ζεὺς π.*’ολύμπιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:275/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 275 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself, <span class="quote greek">ξεὶνε πάτερ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.28 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:48/canonical-url/"> 48 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.145/canonical-url/"> 8.145 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1296.15 </span> (iii A. D.), etc.; in addressing an elder brother, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 65.3 </span> (ii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father, author</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀοιδᾶν π .. . εὐαίνητος *’ορφεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.176 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Χρόνος ὁ πάντων π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.17 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:41a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:41a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 41a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ λόγου π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 177d </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:257b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:257b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 257b </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ π. τῶν φώτων</span>, i.e. God, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">father</span> of the stars, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg020.perseus-grc1:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg020.perseus-grc1:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Jac.</span> 1.17 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ π. τῶν ἀτόμων</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">authors</span> of the atomic theory, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 1.246 </span> ; of capital, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:555e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:555e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 555e </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1272 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">π. πατρίδος</span>, = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pater patriae</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg055:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg055:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cic.</span> 23 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1074.1 </span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.2713.33 </span> (Acraeph., i A. D.), etc.; similarly, <span class="foreign greek">π. τῆς πόλεως</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 5(1).1417.11 </span> (Methone). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> in pl., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forefathers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.209 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐξέτι πατρῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">from our fathers\' time</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.245 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ πατέρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.45 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">parents</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:21:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:21.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 21.17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.40 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 227 </span> (Teos). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">parentnation</span>, opp. colonists, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.22/canonical-url/"> 8.22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg010:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg010:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Them.</span> 9 </a>. (Cf. Skt.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pitár</span>-, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pater</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}