ἅτε
ἅτε
properly acc. pl. neut. of ὅστε, used as Adv., just as, so as, Il., Hdt., Soph.
in causal sense, inasmuch as, seeing that, Lat. quippe, with part., ἅτε ἔχων Hdt., Thuc., etc.; with gen. absol., ἅτε τῶν ὁδῶν φυλασσομένων quippe viae custodirentur, Hdt.; with the part. omitted, δίκτυα δοὺς αὐτῶι, ἅτε θηρευτῆι ὄντι Hdt.