ἀρά,
Ionic dialect ἀρή, ἡ,
prayer, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered
prayers that a child should be born, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
vow, [
Refs]
3)
curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ᾽ ἀχέουσ᾽ ἠρᾶτο[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Trag, mostly in
plural, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in
singular, πατρὸς δ᾽ ἀ. κρανθήσεται[
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: in
plural,
imprecations, frequently in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II) Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες[
Refs 5th c.BC+] is their own name γῆς ὑπα; Ἀρά τ᾽ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής[
Refs 5th c.BC+] [
Epic dialect always ᾱρ,
Attic dialect always ᾰρ.] (From ἀρϝᾱ, compare κάταρ ϝος.)