ἀρή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. The word has been connected with ἄρος (áros, “involuntary damage”), ἀπαρές (aparés, “healthy”), ἀρειή (areiḗ, “cursing, threatening”) and also with Ἄρης (Árēs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈre̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈri/

Noun

ἀρή • (arḗ) f (genitive ἀρῆς); first declension

bane, ruin, harm
prayer, imprecation (Ionic form of ἀρά)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀρή; τῆς ἀρῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρή hē arḗ	τὼ ἀρᾱ́ tṑ arā́	αἱ ἀραί hai araí
Genitive	τῆς ἀρῆς tês arês	τοῖν ἀραῖν toîn araîn	τῶν ἀρῶν tôn arôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρῇ tēî arēî	τοῖν ἀραῖν toîn araîn	ταῖς ἀραῖς taîs araîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀρήν tḕn arḗn	τὼ ἀρᾱ́ tṑ arā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀρᾱ́ς tā̀s arā́s
Vocative	ἀρή arḗ	ἀρᾱ́ arā́	ἀραί araí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

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