ἄτη ἀάω, for ἀάτη bewilderment, infatuation, reckless impulse, caused by judicial blindness sent by the gods, Hom.:—hence Ἄτη is personified as the goddess of mischief or reckless conduct, Ἄτη, ἣ πάντας ἀᾶται Il.: the Λιταί come slowly after her, undoing the evil she has worked, Il. as a consequence, reckless guilt or sin, as that of Paris, Il. bane, ruin, Hom., Trag.:—of persons, a bane, pest, Aesch., Soph.