ἆρᾰ, interrog. Particle, implying
A. anxietyorimpatience, =
Ep. and Lyr.ἦ ῥα:
1. alone, it simply marks the question, the nature of which is determined by the context: e.g. in D. 35.44 anegativeanswer is implied in the questionἆρ' ἂν οἴεσθε. . ; but anaffirmativein X. Cyr. 4.6.4
ἆ. βέβληκα δὶς ἐφεξῆς;cf.ἆρ' εὐτυχεῖς . . ἢ δυστυχεῖς; E. Ph. 424 .—To make it plainly neg., we haveἆ. μή. . ; A. Th. 208 , Pl. Phd. 64c ; and to make it plainly affirmative,ἆρ' οὐ; ἆρ' οὐχί; S. OC 791 , OT 540 ;ἆρ' οὐχ οὕτως; Pl. Phlb. 11d .
2. ἆ. οὖν;is used to draw an affirmative inference, Id. Grg. 477a , La. 190b ; also when a neg. answer is expected, Id. Chrm. 159b ; with a neg.,ἆρ' οὖν οὐ. . ; Id. Phdr. 263a , etc.
3. inἆρά γε,each Particle retains its force,γεserving to make the question more definite, Ar. Pl. 546 , X. Mem. 1.5.4 , etc.
4. less freq. withτίςinterrog., τίνος ποτ' ἆρ' ἔπραξε χειρί
S. Aj. 905
;τίδ' ἆρ' ἐγὼ σέ; E. IA 1228 ; τίς ἆρ' ὁ φεύγων;
Ar. V. 893