ἀρήν
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἀρά
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ara
English translation (word)
prayer
Transliteration (Etymon)
arēn
English translation (etymon)
lamb
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Exegesis in Homeri Iliadem 1.11
Ed.
M. Papathomopoulos, Ἐξήγησις Ἰωάννου Γραμματικοῦ τοῦ Τζέτζου εἰς τὴν Ὁμήρου Ἰλιάδα, Athens: Academy of Athens, 2007
Quotation
ἀρητῆρα· ἱερέα, παρὰ τὸ ἀρῶ τὸ εὔχομαι. Τὸ δὲ ἀρῶ καὶ ἀρὰ ἡ εὐχὴ παρὰ τὸ ἀρνός, ἀρνά, καὶ ἀρά· δι’ ἀρνῶν γὰρ οἱ παλαιοὶ τὰς εὐχὰς ἐπετέλουν
Translation (En)
Arētēra "priest", from arô "to pray". And arô and ara "prayer" come from "lamb" (arēn, arnos), arna, and ara: because the ancients used to make prayers with <a sacrifice of> lambs
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
From ἀρϝά preserved in Arc. κάταρϝος. No secure cognate out of Greek, maybe related to a Hittite verb meaning {to bow, to prostrate" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has αρά as a learned word for "curse", the usual form being κατάρα
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Reversal of the usual etymology for ἀρήν (see ἀρἠν / ἀρά). It starts from an inflected form, the accusative ἄρνα. from which ἀρά is drawn through deletion of the [n]. The etymon (lamb) is the means allowing the lemma (prayer) to be realized.