Ἀρᾶται

invokes

Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning he/she/it] prays,¹ or curses, or calls upon. Pherecrates in Ant-Men [writes]: "later s/he invokes, and calls upon her/his father."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀρᾶται· εὔχεται, ἢ καταρᾶται, ἢ ἐπιθειάζει. Φερεκράτης Μυρμηκανθρώποις· ὕστερον ἀρᾶται, κἀπιθειάζει τῷ πατρί.

Betacode

Ἀρᾶται · invokes (α 3743) · Suda

*)ara=tai: eu)/xetai, h)\ katara=tai, h)\ e)piqeia/zei. *ferekra/ths *murmhkanqrw/pois: u(/steron a)ra=tai, ka)piqeia/zei tw=| patri/.