ἀπάτωρ [πᾰ], ορος, ὁ, ἡ,
(πατήρ) without father, of deities, αὐτοπάτωρ, ἀ.[[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 10.10; ἀ... ἀμήτωρ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 41.53, cf. NT.Heb.7.3] NT+4th c.AD+]; fatherless, orphan, ἀοίκους ἀπάτοράς τε[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 300; ἀμήτωρ ἀ. τε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 109 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. πότμος [prev. author] “IT” 864 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 103.35: _neuter_ _plural_, ἀπάτορα τέκεα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 114 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; disowned by the father, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929a: also with _genitive_, ἀ. ἐμοῦ] Refs 5th c.BC+] not having me for a father, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1383. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of unknown father, like{σκότιος}, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288e, “PGrenf.” 2.56.3 (2nd c.AD).] Refs 1st c.AD+]