LogeionPerseus analysis of πατήρ:
πατήρ (pitṛṣu): masc nom sg
LSJ entry
πᾰτήρ
πατήρ,
ὁ,
gen. and dat. πατέρος, πατέρι in Ep. and Lyr., Att. πατρός, πατρί (which is also the commoner form in Hom.,
Hes.,
and Pi.) ;
acc. always πατέρα ;
voc. πάτερ :
pl. πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων (
πατρῶν only Od. 4.687,
8.245) ;
dat. πατράσι [ᾰ] (cf. Skt. loc. pl. A. pitṛṣu,
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. παρόν ib.564 ;
τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the fatherʼs side,
Hdt. 7.99,
cf. SIG 1015.7
(Halic.), etc. ;
esp. of God, the father of the Israelites, LXXDe. 32.6,
al. ;
father of men, Ev.Matt. 6.8,
al. ;
father of Jesus Christ, ib.7.21,al. IV. metaph., father, author,
ἀοιδᾶν π . . . εὐαίνητος Ὀρφεύς Pi. P. 4.176 ;
χρόνος ὁ πάντων π.
Id. O. 2.17,
cf. Pl. Ti. 41a ;
τοῦ λόγου π.
Id. Smp. 177d,
cf. Phdr. 257b,
etc. ;
ὁ π. τῶν φώτων,
i.e. God, the father of the stars, Ep.Jac. 1.17 ;
οἱ π. τῶν ἀτόμων the authors of the atomic theory, Gal. 1.246 ;
of capital, τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους Pl. R. 555e.