πατήρ

πᾰτήρ, ὁ, gen. and dat. πατέρος, πατέρι in [dialect] Ep. and Lyr., [dialect] 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 [pron. full] [ᾰ] (cf. Skt. loc. pl.

A pitṛ[snull ]u, no dat. pl. occurs in Hom. or Hes.), late [dialect] Ep.

πατέρεσσι Q.S.10.40

:— father, Il.1.98, etc. ; πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather, 14.118, Od.19.180, X.HG6.3.4, etc. ;

τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός S.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.

II esp. as epith. of Zeus, πατὴρ Ζεύς, π. Κρονίδης, π. ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε, Il.4.235, 21.508, 1.544, al. ; Ζεὺς π. A.Th. 512, etc. ;

Ζεῦ πάτερ καὶ θεοί Ar.Ach.225

; π. Οὐρανιδᾶν Ζ. Pi.P.4.194 ;

ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων Ζεὺς π. 'ολύμπιος S.Tr.275

, etc.

III respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself,

ξεὶνε πάτερ Od.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 'ορφεύς Pi.P.4.176

; Χρόνος ὁ πάντων π. Id.O.2.17, cf. Pl.Ti.41a ; τοῦ λόγου π. Id.Smp. 177d, cf. Phdr.257b, etc. ; ὁ 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 τόκους Pl.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 ([place name] Methone).

VII in pl.,

1 forefathers, Il.6.209, etc. ; ἐξέτι πατρῶν from our fathers' time, Od.8.245 ;

ἐκ πατέρων Pi.P.8.45

.

2 parents, D.S.21.17, Alciphr.3.40, Epigr.Gr.227 ([place name] Teos).

3 parentnation, opp. colonists, Hdt.7.51, 8.22, Plu.Them.9. (Cf. Skt.pitár-, Lat. pater, etc.)