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  "headword": "ἀρά",
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          "definition": "<i>prayer,</i> Il. 15.378, 598, 23.199, Hes. Op. 726, Pi. I. 6(5).43; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered <i>prayers</i> that a child should be born, Hdt. 6.63.",
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>vow,</i> Inscr.Cypr. 83, 147H.",
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>curse, imprecation,</i> ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς . . ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλʼ ἀχέουσʼ ἠρᾶτο Il. 9.566; freq. in Trag., mostly in pl., A. Pr. 910, S. OT 295; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι, προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, E. Ph. 67, S. OC 952, 154 (lyr.), 1375; ἐπεύχεσθαι Pl. Criti. 119e; θέσθαι ἐπί τινας Plu. Cam. 13: also in sg., πατρὸς δʼ ἀ. κρανθήσεται A. Pr. 910, cf. Ag. 457 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ. Pl. Lg. 871b; ἀρᾷ . . ἔνοχος ἔστω ib. 742b, etc.: in pl., <i>imprecations,</i> freq. in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, Inscr.Magn. 105.53 (ii B. C.), IG 3.1417 sqq.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς . . ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλʼ ἀχέουσʼ ἠρᾶτο",
                        "ref": "Il. 9.566",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18804",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπεύχεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Pl. Criti. 119e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032.perseus-grc2:119e"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18805",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θέσθαι ἐπί τινας",
                        "ref": "Plu. Cam. 13",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011.perseus-grc2:13"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18806",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πατρὸς δʼ ἀ. κρανθήσεται",
                        "ref": "A. Pr. 910",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:910"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18807",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 871b",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνιʼ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες S. El. 111; δεινόπους Ἀρά Id. OT 418; but in A. Eu. 417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί is their own name γῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τʼ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής Id. Th. 70; Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν Ar. Fr. 575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.) [ Ep. always ᾱρ, Att. always ᾰρ.] (From ἀρϝᾱ, cf. κάταρϝος.)",
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                    "quote": "ὦ πότνιʼ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες",
                    "ref": "S. El. 111",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:111"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δεινόπους Ἀρά",
                    "ref": "Id. OT 418",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:418"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τʼ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής",
                    "ref": "Id. Th. 70",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν",
                    "ref": "Ar. Fr. 575",
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