adverb early in the morning, in foll forms:

1. pātar (before vowels), only in cpd. -āsa morning meal, breakfast [cp. BSk. prātar-aśana Divy.631] DN.iii.94; Snp.387; Ja.i.232; Vv-a.294, Vv-a.308; Snp-a.374 (pāto asitabbo ti pātar-āso piṇḍa-pātass’ etaṃ nāmaṃ)-katapātarāsa (adj.) after breakfast Ja.i.227; Ja.vi.349 (˚bhetta); Vism.391
2. pāto (abs.) DN.iii.94; Dhp-a.ii.60; Pv-a.54, Pv-a.126, Pv-a.128; pāto va right early Ja.i.226 Ja.vi.180
3. pātaṃ SN.i.183; SN.ii.242; Thig.407. Note. Should piṇḍa-pāta belong here, as suggested by Bdhgh at Snp-a.374 (see above)? See detail under piṇḍa.

Vedic prātar, der. fr. *prō, *prā, cp. Lat. prandium (fr. prām-edi̯om = pātar-āsa); Gr. πρωί early Ohg. fruo = Ger. früh