κατάρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰρ], Ion. κατ-άρη, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[curse]], <b class="b3">κατάρας ποιέεσθαί τινι</b> to lay [[curses]] upon one, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.165</span>; <b class="b3">ἐποιήσαντο νόμον τε καὶ κατάρην μὴ… θρέψειν κόμην… μηδένα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">82</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ κατάρης τευ</b> in consequence of... <span class="bibl">Id.4.30</span>; διδόναι τινὰ κατάρᾳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>945</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1324</span> (pl., anap.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>725</span> (pl., lyr.); opp. [[εὐχή]], Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.143b (pl.), cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>1241 (Lyttus, iii A.D.), etc.; opp. [[εὐλογία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>3.10</span>; κατάραι γίγνονται κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Plb.23.10.7</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν κ. ἀναγράψαι, στηλιτεῦσαι</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.45</span>, Plu.2.354b; [[cursing]], κ. καὶ λοιδορία <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.11</span> O.</span>