service, gratification
ἠρα(B), acc. sg.,=χάριν,
A. service, gratification, θυμῷ ἦ. φέροντες
Il. 14.132
; μητρὶ φίλῃ ἐπὶ ἦ. φέρων
1.572
, cf. 578 ; ἐπ' Ἀτρεί̈δῃ 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. Ara 18 ;τίνος ἦ.;wherefore?
APl. 4.299 . (Hdn.Gr. 1.398 rightly makes it acc. of aSubst. ἤρ; Aristarch. tookἐπίηραas one word, Sch. Il. 1.572 , Apollon. Lex. , but there is noἐπίin Il. 14.132 , andἐπίηρα(q.v.) in later poets proves nothing for Hom. : —prob. (ϝ(ῆρα, perh.cogn. with ONorseváé'snug', 'comfortable', OHG.alawâri'friendly' ( Germ.
albern), Goth.unwērjan( = ἀγανακτεῖν ), Gr.ἐρίηρος, βρίηρον.)
