ἀρή
ἡδονὴ μὲν γὰρ ἁπάντων ἀλαζονίστατον → pleasure is the greatest of impostors, pleasure is the most shameless thing of all
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A bane, ruin, ἀρὴν ἑτάροισιν ἀμύνειν Il.12.334; ἀρῆς ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι 18.100; ἀρὴν καὶ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι 24.489, cf. Od.2.59; so in A.Supp.84 (lyr.), where the gloss of the Sch., βλάβης, confirms the reading ἀρῆς for ἄρης. (Cf. pf. part. ᾱρημένος = βεβλαμμένος, and pr. n. Ἄρης (cf. Corn.ND20), perh. also ἄρος, ἀρειά, ἐπήρεια; perh. an old ē stem.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 349] ἡ, ion. u. ep. = ἀρά.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ion. c. ἀρά.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆς, ἡ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
ruina, muerte en la guerra, catástrofe ἀρῆς ἀλκτῆρα Il.14.485, 18.100, Hes.Th.657, Sc.29, 128, ἀρὴν ἑτάροισιν ἀμῦναι Il.12.334, cf. 16.512, ἀρὴν ἀπὸ οἴκου ἀμῦναι Od.2.59, 17.538, ἀρὴν καὶ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι Il.24.489, Μέντωρ, ἄμυνον ἀρήν Od.22.208, cf. Corn.ND 21, ἀρή· ἡ βλάβη Hp. en Erot.16.18 (cód. ἀράβη), βωμὸς ἀρῆς A.Supp.84 (pero cf. ἀρά).
• Etimología: Quizá de la misma raíz que ἀρειή y ἄρος, -εος, τό q.u.
v. ἀρά.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀρή: ἡ эп.-ион. = ἀρά.
