ἀρά,
Ionic dialect ἀρή, ἡ, prayer, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.378, 598, 23.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 726, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).43] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 vow, [[ Inscription Cyprian dialect 83, 147H. ] Refs]
__3 curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς.. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ᾽ ἀχέουσ᾽ ἠρᾶτο[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.566] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Trag., mostly in plural, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 67, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 952, 154(Lyric poetry), 1375; ἐπεύχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119e; θέσθαι ἐπί τινας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 13] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in singular, πατρὸς δ᾽ ἀ. κρανθήσεται[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, compare “Ag.” 457 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 871b; ἀρᾷ.. ἔνοχος ἔστω [prev. work] 742b] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: in plural, imprecations, frequently in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, [[ “Inscription Magn.” 105.53 (2nd c.BC), “IG” 3.1417ff ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” III; δεινόπους Ἀρά [prev. author] “OT” 418; but in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί] Refs 5th c.BC+] is their own name γῆς ὑπα; Ἀρά τ᾽ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής[[ [prev. author] “Th.” 70; Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.)] Refs 5th c.BC+] [Epic dialect always ᾱρ, Attic dialect always ᾰρ.] (From ἀρϝᾱ, compare κάταρ ϝος.)