ἄρᾰ,
Epic dialect ῥά (which is enclitic and used after monosyllables, ἦ, ὅς, γάρ, etc., or words ending in a vowel or diphthong, e.g. ἐπεί), before a consonant ἄρ (perhaps cf. Lithuanian i[rtilde] 'and'): expressing consequence, then, or mere succession, there and then, and in many derived uses.
__A EARLIER USAGE: to denote,
__A.I immediate transition, there and then, straightway, ὣς φάτο βῆ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Ὄνειρος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.16] Refs 8th c.BC+]: after a participle, ὣς εἰπὼν κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετο[[ 1.68, +others; πυθόμενος.. εἶπε ἄ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134, compare 9.9; ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2; with other Particles, δέ, ἦ, ὡς, etc., compare ὁ δὲ Ἀστυάγης ἄ. εἶπεν [prev. work] 4.10: also after _adverbs_ of Time, τότε δή ῥα, τῆμος ἄρα, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτως ἄρα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 259b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; often in apodosi, as αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο.. αὐτίκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἤλυθεν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.77; repeated τὼ μὲν ἄρ᾽.. κεῖντο ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽.. ἀγόρευε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.426] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in enumerations, e. g. in Homer's catalogue, then, next, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Ἀθήνας εἶχον[[ 2.546] Refs]; so in genealogies, Σίσυφος.. ὁ δ᾽ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθ᾽ υἱόν[[ 6.154. ] Refs]
__A.I.2 to draw attention, mark you! τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον.. τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος[[ 24.456; with _imperative_, ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δὴ κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζευ 24.522] Refs]: to point a moral or general statement, φευγόντων δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή[[ 5.532. ] Refs]