ἀρά
Ἡ φύσις ἁπάντων τῶν διδαγμάτων κρατεῖ → Natura superat omne doctrinae genus → Natur ist überlegen jedem Unterricht
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.)
