A.prayer, Il.15.378,598, 23.199, Hes.Op.726, Pi.I. 6(5).43; ἀρ ὴν ἐποιήσαντο π α ῖδ α γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, Hdt.6.63.
2. vow, Inscr.Cypr.83, 147H.
3. curse, imprecation, “ἐξ ἀρέων μ η τ ρ ὸς . . ἥ ῥα θ ε ο ῖσ ι πόλλ᾽ ἀχέουσ᾽ ἠρ ᾶτ ο ” Il.9.566; freq. in Trag., mostly in pl., A.Pr.910, S.OT 295; ἀρ ὰς ἀρ ᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, E.Ph.67, S.OC952,154(lyr.), 1375; “ἐπεύχεσθαι” Pl.Criti.119e; “θέσθαι ἐπί τινας” Plu.Cam.13: also in sg., “π α τ ρ ὸς δ ᾽ ἀ. κρανθήσεται” A.Pr.910, cf. Ag.457 (lyr.), etc.; “ἡ τ ο ῦ νόμου ἀ.” Pl.Lg.871b; ἀρ ᾷ . . ἔνοχος ἔσ τ ω ib.742b, etc.: in pl., imprecations, freq. in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, Inscr.Magn.105.53 (ii B. C.), IG3.1417 sqq.
II. Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, “ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἀρ ὰ σεμναί τ ε θ ε ῶν π α ῖδες Ἐρινύες” S.El.III; “δεινόπους Ἀρά” Id.OT418; but in A.Eu.417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί is their own name “γ ῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τ ᾽ Ἐρινὺς π α τ ρ ὸς ἡ μεγασθενής” Id.Th.70; “Ἀρ ᾶς ἱερόν” Ar.Fr.575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.) [Ep. always α _ρ , Att. always α ^ρ .] (From ἀρϝα_, cf. κάταρ ϝος.）
