ἀρειή
ὦ πολλῶν ἤδη λοπάδων τοὺς ἄμβωνας περιλείξας → you who have licked the labia of many vaginas (Eupolis fr. 52)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
ion. p. *ἀρειά;
imprécation, malédiction.
Étymologie: ἀρά.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἆρή): cursing, threatening. (Il.)
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆς, ἡ
amenaza en sent. colectivo de palabras y expresiones λευγαλέοις ἐπέεσιν ... καὶ ἀρειῇ con lúgubres palabras ... y amenazas, Il.20.109, μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ... καὶ ἀρειῇ Il.21.339, cf. 17.431, Hsch.
• Etimología: Rel. ai. irasyā́- ‘mala voluntad’, de una raíz *ar- de difícil identificación.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀρειή: ἡ проклятья, угрозы Hom.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: threat (Il.).
Derivatives: Denom. ἀρειάω threaten (Hippon.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Of old connected with Skt. irasyā́ malevolence, īrṣ-, irasyáti be angry, be envious, but the meaning is different; the form might be *h₂rh₁-es-; s. Peters, Sprache 32, 1986, 371f. Vgl. ἀρή. Not to ἐπ-ήρεια, as this has PGr. ē. One further compares ἄρος. ...καί βλάβος ἀκούσιον H.; but damage is not the same as menace, notes DELG. S. also ἄρη.
