ἄτερ

A. without, apart from, Hom.; κράτιστον Ἀχιλέος ἄ. Pi. N. 7.27; ἄ. Ζηνός without his will, Il. 15.292, cf. POxy. 936.18 (iii A.D.); οὐ θεῶν ἄ. 'non sine dis', Pi. P. 5.76; ἄ. μόχθου Democr. 223; ἄ. πυρετοῦ καὶ ὀδύνης Hp. Prorrh. 2.4.

II. aloof, apart from, ἄ. ἥμενον ἄλλων Il. 1.498; νόσφιν ἄ. τε κακῶν Hes. Op. 91:—freq. in Trag., mostly after its case, A. Supp. 377, etc.; but before it in Id. Pr. 456, Supp. 703 (lyr.), Ch. 338 (lyr.), S. Ph. 703 (lyr.), El. 866:—also in late Prose, as LXX 2 Ma. 12.15, D.H. 3.10, Ev.Luc. 22.6, Plu. Cat.Mi. 5, Vett.Val. 136.9, al.

III. c. dat., ἄτερ ἄστρασιν Anub. 87.