ἦραx

ἠρᾰ (A), [ per.] 1sg. [tense] aor. 1 of αἴρω:—but [full] ἤρα', i.e. ἤραο, [dialect] Ep. for ἤρω, [ per.] 2sg. [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med. of αἴρω, Od.24.33.

II [var] contr. fr. ἦ ἄρα in dialects other than [dialect] Att., as Sapph.102, Alc.94, Alcm.61, Pi.P.9.37, B.5.165, Sophr.1 D., Hp.Prorrh.1.117,120,121 (ἆρα ibid.), Herod.4.21, 5.14, Call.Fr.1.51 P., cf. A.D.Conj.223.25.

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ἠρα (B), acc. sg.,= χάριν,

A service, gratification,

θυμῷ ἦ. φέροντες Il. 14.132

;

μητρὶ φίλῃ ἐπὶ ἦ. φέρων 1.572

, cf.578;

ἐπ' Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἦ. φέροντες Od.3.164

;

λαοί . . ἐφ' ἡμῖν ἦ. φέρουσιν 16.375

;

ἐπ' Ἴρῳ ἦ. φέρων 18.56

;

ἦ. κομίζειν Orph.L.761

.

II later c. gen., = χάριν, for the sake of, on account of, for,

ἦ. πάλας B.10.21

;

ἦ. φιλοξενίης Call.Fr.41

, cf. Dosiad.Ara18; τίνος ἦ.; wherefore? APl.4.299. (Hdn.Gr.1.398 rightly makes it acc. of a Subst. ἤρ; Aristarch. took ἐπίηρα as one word, Sch.Il.1.572, Apollon.Lex., but there is no ἐπί in Il.14.132, and ἐπίηρα (q.v.) in later poets proves nothing for Hom.: —prob. (ϝ (ῆρα, perh.cogn. with ONorse váé 'snug', 'comfortable', OHG. alawâri 'friendly' (Germ. albern), Goth. unwērjan ( = ἀγανακτεῖν), Gr. ἐρίηρος, βρίηρον.)