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πα^τήρ , , 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 [α^] (cf. Skt. loc. pl.
A.pitṛ[snull ]u, no dat. pl. occurs in Hom. or Hes.), late Ep. “πατέρεσσιQ.S.10.40 :— father, Il.1.98, etc. ; πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather, 14.118, Od.19.180, X.HG6.3.4, etc. ; “τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρόςS.Fr.86 ; μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόν ib.564 ; τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the father's side, Hdt.7.99, cf. SIG1015.7 (Halic.), etc. ; esp. of God, the father of the Israelites, LXXDe.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 πάτερOd.7.28,48,8.145, cf. POxy. 1296.15 (iii A. D.), etc. ; in addressing an elder brother, UPZ65.3 (ii B.C.).
IV. metaph., father, author, “ἀοιδᾶν π . . . εὐαίνητος ?ορφεύςPi.P.4.176 ; Χρόνος πάντων π. Id.O.2.17, cf. Pl.Ti.41a ; τοῦ λόγου π. Id.Smp. 177d, cf. Phdr.257b, etc. ; 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 τόκουςPl.R.555e.
V. title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, IG14.1272, etc.
VI. π. πατρίδος, = Lat. pater patriae, Plu.Cic.23, BGU1074.1 (i A. D.), IG7.2713.33 (Acraeph., i A. D.), etc. ; similarly, π. τῆς πόλεως ib.5(1).1417.11 (Methone).
VII. in pl.,
1. forefathers, Il.6.209, etc. ; ἐξέτι πατρῶν from our fathers' time, Od.8.245 ; “ἐκ πατέρωνPi.P.8.45.
2. parents, D.S.21.17, Alciphr.3.40, Epigr.Gr.227 (Teos).
3. parentnation, opp. colonists, Hdt.7.51, 8.22, Plu.Them.9. (Cf. Skt.pitár-, Lat. pater, etc.)
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