Pātar (adv.) [Vedic prātar, der. fr. *prō, *prā, cp. Lat. prandium (fr. prām -- edi̯om=pātar -- āsa); Gr. prwi/ early; Ohg. fruo=Ger. früh] early in the morning, in foll. forms: (1) pātar (before vowels), only in cpd. ˚āsa morning meal, breakfast [cp. BSk. prātar -- aśana Divy 631] D iii.94; Sn 387; J i.232; VvA 294, 308; SnA 374 (pāto asitabbo ti pātar -- āso piṇḍa -- pātass' etaŋ nāmaŋ). -- katapātarāsa (adj.) after breakfast J i.227; vi.349 (˚bhetta); Vism 391. -- (2) pāto (abs.) D iii.94; DhA ii.60; PvA 54, 126, 128; pāto va right early J i.226; vi.180. -- (3) pātaŋ S i.183; ii.242; Th 2, 407. <-> Note. Should piṇḍa -- pāta belong here, as suggested by Bdhgh at SnA 374 (see above)? See detail under piṇḍa.