ἠρα

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. Ara 18; 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. (v(ῆρα, perh.cogn. with ONorse váé 'snug', 'comfortable', OHG. alawâri 'friendly' (Germ. albern), Goth. unwērjan ( = ἀγανακτεῖν), Gr. ἐρίηρος, βρίηρον.)