ἦρα

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ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ βελτίω → for worse or for better, for better or for worse

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Full diacritics: ἠρᾰ Medium diacritics: ἦρα Low diacritics: ήρα Capitals: ΗΡΑ
Transliteration A: ē̂ra Transliteration B: ēra Transliteration C: ira Beta Code: h)=ra

English (LSJ)

(A), 1sg. aor. 1 of αἴρω:—but ἤρα', i.e. ἤραο, Ep. for ἤρω, 2sg. aor. 1 Med. of αἴρω, Od.24.33.    II contr. fr. ἦ ἄρα in dialects other than Att., as Sapph.102, Alc.94, Alcm.61, Pi.P.9.37, B.5.165, Sophr.1 D., Hp.Prorrh.1.117,120,121 (ἆρα ibid.), Herod.4.21, 5.14, Call.Fr.1.51 P., cf. A.D.Conj.223.25.
(B), acc. sg.,= χάριν,

   A service, gratification, θυμῷ ἦ. φέροντες Il. 14.132; μητρὶ φίλῃ ἐπὶ ἦ. φέρων 1.572, cf.578; ἐπ' Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἦ. φέροντες Od.3.164; λαοί . . ἐφ' ἡμῖν ἦ. φέρουσιν 16.375; ἐπ' Ἴρῳ ἦ. φέρων 18.56; ἦ. κομίζειν Orph.L.761.    II later c. gen., = χάριν, for the sake of, on account of, for, ἦ. πάλας B.10.21; ἦ. φιλοξενίης Call.Fr.41, cf. Dosiad.Ara18; τίνος ἦ.; wherefore? APl.4.299. (Hdn.Gr.1.398 rightly makes it acc. of a Subst. ἤρ; Aristarch. took ἐπίηρα as one word, Sch.Il.1.572, Apollon.Lex., but there is no ἐπί in Il.14.132, and ἐπίηρα (q.v.) in later poets proves nothing for Hom.: —prob. (ϝ (ῆρα, perh.cogn. with ONorse váé 'snug', 'comfortable', OHG. alawâri 'friendly' (Germ. albern), Goth. unwērjan ( = ἀγανακτεῖν), Gr. ἐρίηρος, βρίηρον.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1175] bei Hom. ἦρα φέρειν τινί u. ἐπί τινι, Il. 14, 132 Od. 3, 164. 16, 375. 18, 56, Einem etwas Angenehmes, Willkommnes, Erwünschtes darbringen, Einem zu Gefallen handeln, ihm einen Dienst erzeigen, beistehen, also wohl mit ἀρέσκω, ἄρμενος, ἐπιήρανος zusammenhangend und vom Stamm ἄρω abzuleiten. Vgl. ἐπίηρα u. s. Buttmann Lexil. 1 S. 38 Lehrs Aristarch. ed. 2 p. 111. Einzeln auch bei sp. D., Ap. Rh. 4, 81 Qu. Sm. 9, 29; καί μοι – ἦρα κομίζεις Orph. Lith. 755. Da es dem Sinne nach dem gew. χαρίζεσθαι, χάριν φέρειν entspricht, brauchten Sp. auch ἦρα wie χάριν c. gen., wegen, τῖον δέ ἑ πάντες ὁδῖται ἦρα φιλοξενίης, zum Entgelt für, wegen seiner Gastfreundlichkeit, Callim. frg. 41; τίνος ἦρα; Ep. ad. 488 (Plan. 299); ἦρ' ἀρδίων Dosiad. ara (XV, 26).