ἆρᾰ,
interrogative Particle, implying
anxiety or
impatience, =
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἦ ῥα:
1) alone, it simply marks the question, the nature of which is determined by the context: e.g. in [
Refs 4th c.BC+] a
negative answer is implied in the question ἆρ᾽ ἂν οἴεσθε; but an
affirmative in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] ἆ. βέβληκα δὶς ἐφεξῆ; compare ἆρ᾽ εὐτυχεῖς. ἢ δυστυχεῖ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; and to make it plainly affirmative, ἆρ᾽ ο; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ οὕτω; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) ἆ. οὖ; is used to draw an affirmative inference, [
Refs]; also when a
negative answer is expected, [
Refs]; with a
negative, ἆρ᾽ οὖν οὐ; [
Refs]
3) in ἆρά γε, each Particle retains its force, γε serving to make the question more definite, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) less frequently with τίς
interrogative, τίνος ποτ᾽ ἆρ᾽ ἔπραξε χειρί[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίδ᾽ ἆρ᾽ ἐγὼ σ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ἤν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5) in indirect questions, σκεψώμεθα τοῦτο ἆ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) in Poets sometimes like{ἄρα}, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
B) In Prose, ἆ. almost always stands first in the sentence, but[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ ὑπὲρ τούτων ἆ. [
Refs 4th c.AD+]