I. just as, as if, so as, ἅ. σήριον ἄστρον prob. in Alcm.23.62, cf. Pi.O.1.2, P.4.30, Hdt.5.85, S.Aj.168 (lyr., s. v. l.); “τιμᾶν τινα ἅ. ἱερόφαντιν” Jul. Or.7.221c.
II. causal, inasmuch as, seeing that, with part., “ἅτε τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχων” Hdt.1.154, cf. 102; Cratin.295, Ar.Pax623, Th.4.130, etc.: with gen. abs., “ἅτε τῶν ὁδῶν φυλασσομένων” Hdt.1.123, cf. Pl. Smp.223b, etc.:—with part. omitted, δίκτυα δοὺς [αὐτῷ] ἅτε θηρευτῇ [ὄντι] Hdt.1.123, etc.; ἅ. γένους προμάτωρ dub. in A.Th.140 (lyr.); “ἅ. δή” Hdt.1.171; “ἅ. δὴ οὖν” Pl.Prt.321b; ὡς ἅ. freq. in Olymp. in Mete.39.12, al.—Rare in Trag., and onlv in lyr.