ἀρά
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Arcadocypriot Greek καταρϝος (katarwos, “cursed”) suggests a preform Proto-Hellenic *arwā, which makes Attic -ᾱ hard to explain; -η would be expected after *w. Not cognate with Latin āra (“altar”). Possibly related to Hittite [Term?] (/aruwae-/, “to bow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈra/
Noun
[edit]ἀ̆ρά̄ • (ărá̄) f (genitive ἀ̆ρᾶς); first declension
- prayer, invocation
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.378:
- Ὣς ἔφατ’ εὐχόμενος, μέγα δ’ ἔκτυπε μητίετα Ζεύς, ἀράων ἀΐων Νηληϊάδαο γέροντος.
- Hṑs éphat’ eukhómenos, méga d’ éktupe mētíeta Zeús, aráōn aḯōn Nēlēïádao gérontos.
- 1925 translation by A. T. Murray
- So spake he in prayer, and Zeus the counsellor thundered aloud, hearing the prayer[s] of the aged son of Neleus
- Ὣς ἔφατ’ εὐχόμενος, μέγα δ’ ἔκτυπε μητίετα Ζεύς, ἀράων ἀΐων Νηληϊάδαο γέροντος.
- imprecation, curse, malediction
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ hē ărā́ |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ tṑ ărā́ |
αἱ ᾰ̓ραί hai ăraí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ρᾶς tês ărâs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ραῖν toîn ăraîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓ρῶν tôn ărôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ρᾷ têi ărâi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ραῖν toîn ăraîn |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ραῖς taîs ăraîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ν tḕn ărā́n |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ tṑ ărā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ς tā̀s ărā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ ărā́ |
ᾰ̓ρᾱ́ ărā́ |
ᾰ̓ραί ăraí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- ἀρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G685 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ban idem, page 60.
- curse idem, page 191.
- execration idem, page 290.
- imprecation idem, page 423.
- interdict idem, page 449.
- prayer idem, page 632.
- supplication idem, page 840.
- swearing idem, page 847.
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