A.without father, of deities, “αὐτοπάτωρ, ἀ.” Orph.H.10.10; “ἀ. . . ἀμήτωρ” Nonn.D.41.53, cf. Ep.Hebr. 7.3; fatherless, orphan, “ἀοίκους ἀπάτοράς τε” S.Tr.300; “ἀμήτωρ ἀ. τε” E. Ion109 (lyr.); “ἀ. πότμος” Id.IT864 (lyr.), cf. Vett.Val.103.35: neut. pl., “ἀπάτορα τέκεα” E.HF114 (lyr.); disowned by the father, Pl.Lg. 929a: also c. gen., ἀ. ἐμοῦ not having me for a father, S.OC1383.
ἀπάτωρ [πα^], ορος, ὁ, ἡ, (πατήρ)