πᾰτήρ,ὁ, gen. and dat.πατέρος, πατέριin Ep. and Lyr., Att.
πατρός, πατρί(which is also the commoner form in Hom. , Hes. , and Pi. ) ; acc. alwaysπατέρα; voc.πάτερ: pl.πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων(πατρῶνonly Od. 4.687 , 8.245 ) ; dat.πατράσι[ᾰ] (cf. Skt. loc. pl.
A. pitṛ[snull ]u, no dat. pl. occurs in Hom. or Hes. ), late Ep.
πατέρεσσι
Q.S. 10.40
:—father, Il. 1.98 , etc. ;πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather, 14.118 , Od. 19.180 , X. HG 6.3.4 , etc. ; τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός
S. Fr. 86
;μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόνib. 564 ;τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the father's side, Hdt. 7.99 , cf. SIG 1015.7 (Halic.), etc. ; esp. of God, thefatherof the Israelites, LXX De. 32.6 , al. ;fatherof men, Ev.Matt. 6.8 , al. ;fatherof 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