ἀρά
ἀρά, Ion.
ἀρή,
ἡ,
2). vow, Inscr.Cypr. 83 , 147H.
3). curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς .. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ’ ἀχέουσ’ 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 δ’ 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.,
imprecations, freq. in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them,
Inscr.Magn. 105.53 (ii B. C.),
IG 3.1417 sqq.
II). Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge,
ὦ πότνῑ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες S. El. III;
δεινόπους Ἀρά Id. OT 418 ; but in
A. Eu. 417 the Erinyes say that
Ἀραί is their own name
γῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής Id. Th. 70 ;
Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν Ar. Fr. 575 . (Hence the Verb
ἀράομαι.)[ Ep. always
ᾱρ, Att. always
ᾰρ.] (From
ἀρvᾱ, cf.
κάταρ vος.)
ShortDef
a prayer, imprecation, curse
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀρά
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αρα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-14642
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀρά</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">ἀρή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayer,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.378/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.378 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:598/canonical-url/"> 598 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.199/canonical-url/"> 23.199 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:726" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:726/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 726 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 6(5).43 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι</span> offered <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayers</span> that a child should be born, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.63 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vow,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Inscr.Cypr.</span> 83 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 147H. </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">curse, imprecation,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς .. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ’ ἀχέουσ’ ἠρᾶτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:566" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.566/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.566 </a> ; freq. in Trag., mostly in pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:910" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:910/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 910 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 295 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 67 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:952" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:952/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 952 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:154/canonical-url/"> 154 </a>(lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1375/canonical-url/"> 1375 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπεύχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:119e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:119e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 119e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θέσθαι ἐπί τινας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cam.</span> 13 </a> : also in sg., <span class="quote greek">πατρὸς δ’ ἀ. κρανθήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:910" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:910/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 910 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:457" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:457/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 457 </a> (lyr.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:871b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:871b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 871b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀρᾷ .. ἔνοχος ἔστω</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:742b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:742b/canonical-url/"> 742b </a>, etc.: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">imprecations,</span> freq. in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Magn.</span> 105.53 </span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.1417 </span> sqq. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Ἀρά</span> personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, <span class="quote greek">ὦ πότνῑ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> </span> III; <span class="quote greek">δεινόπους Ἀρά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:418/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 418 </a> ; but in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:417/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 417 </a> the Erinyes say that <span class="foreign greek">Ἀραί</span> is their own name <span class="quote greek">γῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 70 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:575" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:575/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 575 </a> . (Hence the Verb <span class="foreign greek">ἀράομαι.</span>)[ Ep. always <span class="itype greek">ᾱρ</span>, Att. always <span class="foreign greek">ᾰρ.</span>] (From <span class="foreign greek">ἀρvᾱ,</span> cf. <span class="foreign greek">κάταρ vος.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}