prayer; curse
Ancient Greek word, found 345 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 15.378: ἀράων ἀΐων Νηληϊάδαο γέροντος.
Homer, Odyssey 4.767: ὣς εἰποῦσʼ ὀλόλυξε, θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.712: ἀράς τε στυγερὰς καὶ Ἐρινύας; αἲ γὰρ ὄφελλεν
All forms of ἀρά