ἄτερ
ater
without, apart from
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄτερ [ᾰ], Ep., Ion., Trag. Prep. with gen., A. without, apart from, ; κράτιστον Ἀχιλέος ἄ. N. 7.27; ἄ. Ζηνός without his will, Il. 15.292, cf. POxy. 936.18 (iii A.D.); οὐ θεῶν ἄ. ‘non sine dis’, P. 5.76; ἄ. μόχθου 223; ἄ. πυρετοῦ καὶ ὀδύνης Prorrh. 2.4. II. aloof, apart from, ἄ. ἥμενον ἄλλων Il. 1.498; νόσφιν ἄ. τε κακῶν Op. 91:—freq. in Trag., mostly after its case, Supp. 377, etc.; but before it in Pr. 456, Supp. 703 (lyr.), Ch. 338 (lyr.), Ph. 703 (lyr.), El. 866:—also in late Prose, as 2 Ma. 12.15, 3.10, Ev.Luc. 22.6, Cat.Mi. 5, 136.9, al. III. c. dat., ἄτερ ἄστρασιν 87.
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