ἀράομαι,
Aeolic dialect infinitive ἄρασθαι[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.22: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]future ἀράσομαι [ᾱ], Ionic dialect ἀρήσομαι: aorist ἠρησάμην, Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ἀράσαντο[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 51: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]perfect ἤρᾱμαι (only in compounds ἐπήραμαι, κατήραμαι): (ἀρά): [ᾱρ [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], ᾰρ Lyric poetry, Trag.]:—poet. Verb (see. below), pray to a god, Ἀπόλλωνι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.35; δαίμοσιν 6.115] Refs 8th c.BC+]: once with accusative, invoke, στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ᾽ Ἐρινῦς[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.135. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative et infinitive, pray that.., ἀρᾶται δὲ τάχιστα φανήμεναι Ἠῶ[[ 11.9.240; τὰ ἐναντία.. ἀρέομαι ὑμῖν γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.65 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠρῶντο (i.e. σφέας) ἐπικρατῆσαι prayed that they might prevail,[[ 8.94; ἥ σε θεοῖς ἀρᾶται.. μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 509, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 350. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b with infinitive only, πάντες κ᾽ ἀρησαίατ᾽ ἐλαφρότεροι πόδας εἶναι would pray to be, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.164. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2.c followed by optat., ἀρώμενος εἷος ἵκοιο praying till thou should'st come, [[[prev. work] 19.367. ] Refs]
__3 pray for, ἔσλα τῷ γάμβρῳ[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 51; ἀ. τινὶ ἀγαθά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132] Refs 7th c.BC+]: with infinitive, σφᾦν.. θεοῖς ἀρῶμαι μή ποτ᾽ ἀντῆσαι κακῶν[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1445] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently in bad sense, imprecate, τί τινι[[ [prev. author] “OT” 251; ἀρὰς ἀ. τινί [prev. author] “OC” 952, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.31, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 633, “Pr.” 912] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and without an accusative, ἀρᾶσθαί τινι to curse one, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 714, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1291. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]