- ἄτη
- ἄτηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `damage, guilt, bewilderment' (Il.), `fine' (Gortyn).Compounds: ἄν-ατος; ἄπ-ατος (Gortyn).Derivatives: ἀτηρός `blinded, bringing ruin' (Thgn.); ἀτάομαι (ἀϜατάομαι, s. below) `suffer, get damage' (S.) `be fined' (Gortyn, Gytheion).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: From ἀϜάτη, as appears from αὑάτα (Alc.) and denom. ἀϜατᾶται (Gytheion); also ἀγατᾶσθαι [= ἀϜα-] βλάπτεσθαι H.). So the ἀ- is long (for the exceptions Archil. 73 read ἄγη, Page Entretiens Hardt X, 1965, 110; and A. Ag. 131, Hermann ἄγα). - ἀϜά-τη is a verbal noun to *ἀϜά-σαι, s. ἀάω. Could be PIE *h₂ueh₂-. - Fur. 234 compares ἀϜατη with ἀπάτη; not very probable.Page in Frisk: 1,178
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.