A.unsoftened, harsh, cruel, of words, Il. 11.137, 21.98; “ἀρά” Max. Tyr.12.6; of fetters, Hes.Th.659; μίτοι, of the thread of Clotho, IG12(7).301 (Amorgos); “τὸ ἀ.” Hierocl. in CA 13p.448M.
II. of persons, = sq., A.R.3.337, Mosch.4.26. Adv. “-τως, ἔχειν τινί” Ph.2.298, cf. Syrian.in Metaph.42.3; μοίρας ἀτυχούσης ἀμειλίκτως, of pitiless fate, App.BC4.54.