ἀρά
ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ τάφος → for illustrious men have the whole earth for their tomb, for heroes have the whole earth for their tomb, the whole earth is the tomb of famous men
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἀρή, ἡ,
A prayer, Il.15.378,598, 23.199, Hes.Op.726, Pi.I. 6(5).43; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, Hdt.6.63. 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.OC952,154(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.), IG3.1417 sqq. II Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι' Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες S.El.III; δεινόπους Ἀρά Id.OT418; 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 ἀρϝᾱ, cf. κάταρ ϝος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 343] ἡ, Gebet, Flehen, Il. 15, 378. 23, 199 Od. 4, 767; ἐξαίσιον ἀρήν Iliad. 15, 598; Pind. I. 5, 40; Verwünschung, Fluch, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς κεχολωμένος Iliad. 9, 566; εἰ γὰρ ἐπ' ἀρῇσιν τέλος ἡμετέρῃσι γένοιτο· οὐκ ἄν τις τούτων γε ἐύθρονον ἠῶ ἵκοιτο Od. 17, 496; ἀρὴν ἀμύνειν, das Verderben abwehren, Iliad. 12, 334. 16, 512. 24, 489 Od. 2, 59. 17, 538. 22, 208; ἀρῆς ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι Iliad. 18, 100; – Verwünschung, Fluch, gew. Tragg., die Ἀρά auch personificirt zu einer Rachegöttin machen, Soph. El. 111; θεῶν ἀρά, der Götter Rache, Tr. 1299; – ἀρὴν ποιεῖσθαι beten Her. 6, 63; verfluchen Pol. 9, 40, 6; μεγάλας ἀρὰς ἐπεύχεσθαί τινι Plat. Critia 119 e, u. sonst, im bösen Sinne. Das erste α ist kurz, bei Ep. in der Vershebung lang.
