ἀτάρ [ᾰτᾰ],
Epic dialect also αὐτάρ (which see); ἀϝυτάρ[[ “IG” 1.477] Refs]:—conjunction, but, nevertheless, marking a strong contrast; frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] to introduce an objection or correction, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.506, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in form of a question, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 258, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [same places] below, etc. it begins a sentence or clause, and, in apostrophe, is placed after the _vocative_, Ἕκτορ, ἀ. που ἔφης] Refs 5th c.BC+] truly thou didst say, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.331; Ἕκτορ, ἀ. σύ μοί ἐσσι πατήρ.. ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε νῦν ἐλέαιρε 6.429] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γε is frequently added, with a word between,[[ 16.573, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 84: ἀ. sometimes answers to μέν, more emphatic than δέ, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.41, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.298, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.133, +others; ἀεὶ μὲν δὴ.. ἀτὰρ οὖν καὶ τότε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 367e, compare “Prt.” 335d, “Tht.” 172c; πῶς παισὶ μὲν πληθύεις ἀτὰρ.. οὐ πέμπεις τιν; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 54, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 225c: sometimes after ἐπειδή,] Refs 8th c.BC+] when it may be translated then, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.144] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀτὰρ ἠδέ is peculiar to [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus, “SD” 1.9, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 frequently in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] and Trag. to mark a rapid transition to another thought, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 343, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1052, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227b, etc.; ἀτὰρ δή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 63 (also later, 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus 63). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]