ἅτε, properly acc. pl. neut. ofὅστε(as in Il. 11.779 , 22.127 ).
I. just as, as if, so as, ἅ. σήριον ἄστρονprob. 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,withpart., ἅτε τὸν χρυσὸν ἔχων
Hdt. 1.154
, cf. 102 ; Cratin. 295 , Ar. Pax 623 , Th. 4.130 , etc.: with gen. abs., ἅτε τῶν ὁδῶν φυλασσομένων
Hdt. 1.123
, cf. Pl. Smp. 223b , etc.:—withpart.omitted,δίκτυα δοὺς [αὐτῷ] ἅτε θηρευτῇ [ὄντι] Hdt. 1.123 , etc.;ἅ. γένους προμάτωρdub. 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.