ἦρα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ra/
Etymology 1
Beekes assumes a pre-form *ϝῆρ-α (*wêr-a), and tentatively assumes a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (“true”). Alternatively, see also ἑορτή (heortḗ, “feast”), ἔρᾰνος (érănos, “banquet”).[1]
Noun
ἦρα • (êra) (accusative only)
Usage notes
Occurs only in the phrase ἦρα φέρω (êra phérō, “to confer a service, do (someone) a favor”). It is unclear whether this is a third-declension masculine/feminine noun in the accusative singular or a second- or third-declension neuter noun in the accusative plural.
Preposition
ἦρᾰ • (êră) (governs the genitive)
Synonyms
- χάριν (khárin)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἦρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524
Further reading
- “ἦρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἦρα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἦρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἦρα in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Etymology 2
Particle
ἦρᾰ • (êră)
Further reading
- “ἦρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ἦρᾰ • (êră)
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ἦρ (êr)
Verb
ἦρᾰ • (êră)
- first-person singular aorist active indicative of αἴρω (aírō)