1. to pray to a god, with dative, (Iliad by Homer):—;with accusative to invoke , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. with accusative et infinitive to pray that , (Iliad by Homer):—;with infinitive only, to pray to be so and so, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. to pray something for one, τί τιν; sometimes in good sense, ἀρ. τινι ἀγαθά (Herdotus Historicus); but usually in bad, to imprecate upon one, ἀρὰς ἀρ. τινι (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; without an accusative, ἀρᾶσθαί τινι to curse one, (Euripides) 4. with infinitive future to vow that one will or would , ἠρήσατο ῥέξειν (Iliad by Homer) (ML)
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araomai · to curse · Greek
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