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ἄρα
ἄρα, Ep. 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 (perh. cf. Lith. iȓ ‘andʼ): expressing consequence, then, or mere succession, there and then, and in many derived uses.

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ἄρα
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ἄρα, Ep. 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 (perh. cf. Lith. iȓ ‘andʼ): expressing consequence, then, or mere succession, there and then, and in many derived uses.
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a)/ra^

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there and then, straightway, ὣς φάτο βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὄνειρος Il. 2.16: after a part., ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο 1.68, al.; πυθόμενος . . εἶπε ἄ. Hdt. 4.134, cf. 9.9; ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα X. Cyr. 1.3.2; with other Particles, δέ, ἦ, ὡς, etc., cf. ὁ δὲ Ἀστυάγης ἄ. εἶπεν ib. 4.10: also after Advbs. of Time, τότε δή ῥα, τῆμος ἄρα, etc.; οὕτως ἄρα Pl. Phdr. 259b; often in apodosi, as αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο . . αὐτίκʼ ἄρʼ ἤλυθεν Od. 5.77; repeated τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ . . κεῖντο ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ . . ἀγόρευε Il. 21.426: in enumerations, e. g. in Homerʼs catalogue, then, next, οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον 2.546; so in genealogies, Σίσυφος . . ὁ δʼ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθʼ υἱόν 6.154.
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Il. 2.16
ὣς φάτο βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὄνειρος
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1.68
ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο
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Hdt. 4.134
πυθόμενος . . εἶπε ἄ.
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X. Cyr. 1.3.2
ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα
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Pl. Phdr. 259b
οὕτως ἄρα
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Od. 5.77
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο . . αὐτίκʼ ἄρʼ ἤλυθεν
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Il. 21.426
τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ . . κεῖντο ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ . . ἀγόρευε
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2.546
οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον
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6.154
Σίσυφος . . ὁ δʼ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθʼ υἱόν
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mark you! τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον . . τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος 24.456; with imper., ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ 24.522: to point a moral or general statement, φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή 5.532.
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24.456
τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον . . τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος
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24.522
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ
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5.532
φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή
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antecedent and consequent, οἰνοχόει . . ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως 1.599, cf. 24.507; τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκε 1.96; freq. with οὕνεκα in protasi, 7.140, al.: also in questions, τίς τʼ ἄρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην; who then (say you) was . . ? 2.761: with demonstr. Pronoun in recapitulation, ἀλλʼ υἱὸν Πριάμοιο . . τόν ῥʼ Ὀδυσεὺς βάλε he it was, whom . . , 4.501: freq. in such phrases as ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας 2.35, al.; ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη 1.584, al.; ἦ ῥα 3.355, al., thus, then he spoke.—This usage is universal in Greek.
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1.599
οἰνοχόει . . ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως
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1.96
τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκε
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2.35
ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας
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1.584
ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη
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3.355
ἦ ῥα
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χωόμενον κατὰ θυμὸν ἐϋζώνοιο γυναικὸς τήν ῥα . . ἀπηύρων whom ( and for this cause he was angry) they had taken away, 1.429; εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε . . φῆ ῥʼ ἀέκητι θεῶν φυγέειν for he said, Od. 4.504: freq. with οὕνεκα; so with relatives, ἐκ δʼ ἔθορε κλῆρος ὃν ἄρʼ ἤθελον αὐτοί the very one which . . , Il. 7.182.
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οὖν) , ἄριστον ἄ. ἡ εὐδαιμονία Arist. EN 1099a24; δῆλον ἄ. Id. Pol. 1295b33; in pseudo-syllogistic conclusions, Id. SE 174b11, Rh. 1401a3, al.: esp. by way of informal inference, as it seems, οὐκ ἄ. σοί γε πατὴρ ἦν Πηλεύς Il. 16.33; οὐδʼ ἄ. πως ἦν ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα γενέσθαι 23.670; μάτην ἄρʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν S. El. 772; οὕτω κοινόν τι ἄ. χαρᾷ καὶ λύπῃ δάκρυά ἐστιν so true is it that . . , X. HG 7.1.32; πολὺ γὰρ ἀμείνων ἄ. ὁ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἢ ὁ τοῦ δικαίου βίος Pl. R. 358c; ἦν ἄ. πυρός γʼ ἕτερα . . θερμότερα Ar. Eq. 382; ὦ τλῆμον ἀρετή, λόγος ἄρʼ ἦσθα Trag.Adesp. 374; so in announcing the discovery or correction of an error, as οὐκ ἐννενοήκαμεν ὅτι εἰσὶν ἄ. . . Pl. R. 375d; φαίνεται πρὸ ποδῶν ἡμῖν κυλινδεῖσθαι καὶ οὐχ ἑωρῶμεν ἄρʼ αὐτό ib. 432d; εἰκότως ἄ. οὐκ ἐγίγνετο· ὡς γὰρ ἐγὼ νῦν πυνθάνομαι. . X. An. 2.2.3.
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Arist. EN 1099a24
ἄριστον ἄ. ἡ εὐδαιμονία
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Id. Pol. 1295b33
δῆλον ἄ.
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Il. 16.33
οὐκ ἄ. σοί γε πατὴρ ἦν Πηλεύς
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23.670
οὐδʼ ἄ. πως ἦν ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα γενέσθαι
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S. El. 772
μάτην ἄρʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν
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Pl. R. 358c
πολὺ γὰρ ἀμείνων ἄ. ὁ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἢ ὁ τοῦ δικαίου βίος
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Ar. Eq. 382
ἦν ἄ. πυρός γʼ ἕτερα . . θερμότερα
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ὦ τλῆμον ἀρετή, λόγος ἄρʼ ἦσθα
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τίς ἄ. ῥύσεται; who is there to save? A. Th. 92; so in exclamations to heighten the expression of emotion, οἵαν ἄρʼ ἥβην . . ἀπώλεσεν what a band of youth was that . . ! Id. Pers. 733; so ὡς ἄρα ib. 472, S. Fr. 577; τί μʼ ἄ. τί μʼ ὀλέκεις; Id. Ant. 1285; τί οὖν . . ἄ. X. Oec. 6.2; πῶς ἄ.; οὕτως ἄ., etc.; ἄ. alone, ἔζης ἄ. S. Fr. 686: esp. in ironical comments, Ar. Av. 476, 1371, etc.
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Id. Ant. 1285
τί μʼ ἄ. τί μʼ ὀλέκεις;
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X. Oec. 6.2
τί οὖν . . ἄ.
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S. Fr. 686
ἔζης ἄ.
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namely, ἐρῶ, ὡς ἄ. . . Pl. Tht. 152d, cf. 156e.
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τοι ἄρα, τἄρα, v. sub τοι II.2.
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εἰ (or ἐάν) μὴ ἄ. unless perhaps, Pl. Ap. 38b, D. 58.4; separated from εἰ μή, Id. 9.20; with irony, εἰ μὴ ἄ. ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν X. Mem. 1.2.8.
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X. Mem. 1.2.8
εἰ μὴ ἄ. ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν
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ἢν ἄ. ποτὲ κατὰ γῆν βιασθῶσιν Th. 1.93, etc.; or simply, perhaps (sts. separated from εἰ) , εἴ τις οὖν ὑμῶν ἄ. . . ὑπελάμβανεν D. 21.8; εἴ τις ἰδίᾳ τινὰ δεδιὼς ἄ. ἀπρόθυμός ἐστιν Th. 4.86.
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Th. 1.93
ἢν ἄ. ποτὲ κατὰ γῆν βιασθῶσιν
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D. 21.8
εἴ τις οὖν ὑμῶν ἄ. . . ὑπελάμβανεν
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Th. 4.86
εἴ τις ἰδίᾳ τινὰ δεδιὼς ἄ. ἀπρόθυμός ἐστιν
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τἄρα, μεντἄρα, οὐτἄρα: also δήξομἄρα for δήξομαι ἄ., Ar. Ach. 325; οἰμώξετἄρα, κλαύσἄρα, Id. Th. 248, Pax 532: also in Trag., E. Hyps.Fr. 34.86.
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ἄρα never stands first in the sentence in Classical Greek ( Arist. Mech. 851a22 is corrupt), but is found at the beginning of an apodosis in Ev.Matt. 12.28, Ep.Rom. 10.17, and first in a sentence, Ev.Luc. 11.48, Vett.Val. 305.20; in conclusion of syllogism, Herm. ap. Stob. 3.11.31.

Citations (From Models)

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{'quote': 'πυθόμενος . . εἶπε ἄ.', 'ref': 'Hdt. 4.134', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.134'}
{'quote': 'ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα', 'ref': 'X. Cyr. 1.3.2', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.3.perseus-grc2.2'}
{'quote': 'οὕτως ἄρα', 'ref': 'Pl. Phdr. 259b', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:259b'}
{'quote': 'αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο . . αὐτίκʼ ἄρʼ ἤλυθεν', 'ref': 'Od. 5.77', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.77'}
{'quote': 'τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ . . κεῖντο ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ . . ἀγόρευε', 'ref': 'Il. 21.426', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.426'}
{'quote': 'οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον', 'ref': '2.546', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.546'}
{'quote': 'Σίσυφος . . ὁ δʼ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθʼ υἱόν', 'ref': '6.154', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.154'}
{'quote': 'τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον . . τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος', 'ref': '24.456', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.456'}
{'quote': 'ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ', 'ref': '24.522', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.522'}
{'quote': 'φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή', 'ref': '5.532', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.532'}
{'quote': 'οἰνοχόει . . ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως', 'ref': '1.599', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.599'}
{'quote': 'τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκε', 'ref': '1.96', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.96'}
{'quote': 'ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας', 'ref': '2.35', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.35'}
{'quote': 'ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη', 'ref': '1.584', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.584'}
{'quote': 'ἦ ῥα', 'ref': '3.355', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.355'}
{'quote': 'ἄριστον ἄ. ἡ εὐδαιμονία', 'ref': 'Arist. EN 1099a24', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1099a.perseus-grc2.24'}
{'quote': 'δῆλον ἄ.', 'ref': 'Id. Pol. 1295b33', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1295b.perseus-grc2.33'}
{'quote': 'οὐκ ἄ. σοί γε πατὴρ ἦν Πηλεύς', 'ref': 'Il. 16.33', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.33'}
{'quote': 'οὐδʼ ἄ. πως ἦν ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα γενέσθαι', 'ref': '23.670', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.670'}
{'quote': 'μάτην ἄρʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν', 'ref': 'S. El. 772', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:772'}
{'quote': 'πολὺ γὰρ ἀμείνων ἄ. ὁ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἢ ὁ τοῦ δικαίου βίος', 'ref': 'Pl. R. 358c', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:358c'}
{'quote': 'ἦν ἄ. πυρός γʼ ἕτερα . . θερμότερα', 'ref': 'Ar. Eq. 382', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc2:382'}
{'quote': 'ὦ τλῆμον ἀρετή, λόγος ἄρʼ ἦσθα', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'τί μʼ ἄ. τί μʼ ὀλέκεις;', 'ref': 'Id. Ant. 1285', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1285'}
{'quote': 'τί οὖν . . ἄ.', 'ref': 'X. Oec. 6.2', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc2:6.2'}
{'quote': 'ἔζης ἄ.', 'ref': 'S. Fr. 686', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:686'}
{'quote': 'εἰ μὴ ἄ. ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν', 'ref': 'X. Mem. 1.2.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.2.perseus-grc2.8'}
{'quote': 'ἢν ἄ. ποτὲ κατὰ γῆν βιασθῶσιν', 'ref': 'Th. 1.93', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.93'}
{'quote': 'εἴ τις οὖν ὑμῶν ἄ. . . ὑπελάμβανεν', 'ref': 'D. 21.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:8'}
{'quote': 'εἴ τις ἰδίᾳ τινὰ δεδιὼς ἄ. ἀπρόθυμός ἐστιν', 'ref': 'Th. 4.86', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.86'}

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          "label": "A",
          "definition": "",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>there and then, straightway,</i> ὣς φάτο βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὄνειρος Il. 2.16: after a part., ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο 1.68, al.; πυθόμενος . . εἶπε ἄ. Hdt. 4.134, cf. 9.9; ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα X. Cyr. 1.3.2; with other Particles, δέ, ἦ, ὡς, etc., cf. ὁ δὲ Ἀστυάγης ἄ. εἶπεν ib. 4.10: also after Advbs. of Time, τότε δή ῥα, τῆμος ἄρα, etc.; οὕτως ἄρα Pl. Phdr. 259b; often in apodosi, as αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο . . αὐτίκʼ ἄρʼ ἤλυθεν Od. 5.77; repeated τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ . . κεῖντο ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ . . ἀγόρευε Il. 21.426: in enumerations, e. g. in Homerʼs catalogue, <i>then, next,</i> οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον 2.546; so in genealogies, Σίσυφος . . ὁ δʼ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθʼ υἱόν 6.154.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὣς φάτο βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὄνειρος",
                    "ref": "Il. 2.16",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.16"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18764",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο",
                    "ref": "1.68",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.68"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18765",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πυθόμενος . . εἶπε ἄ.",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 4.134",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.134"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18766",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐρωτώσης τῆς μητρὸς ἀπεκρίνατο ἄρα",
                    "ref": "X. Cyr. 1.3.2",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.3.perseus-grc2.2"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18767",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὕτως ἄρα",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 259b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:259b"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18768",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ θηήσατο . . αὐτίκʼ ἄρʼ ἤλυθεν",
                    "ref": "Od. 5.77",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.77"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18769",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ . . κεῖντο ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ . . ἀγόρευε",
                    "ref": "Il. 21.426",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18770",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οἱ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον",
                    "ref": "2.546",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.546"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18771",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Σίσυφος . . ὁ δʼ ἄ. Γλαῦκον τέκεθʼ υἱόν",
                    "ref": "6.154",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.154"
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                }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>mark you!</i> τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον . . τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος 24.456; with imper., ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ 24.522: to point a moral or general statement, φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή 5.532.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18772",
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                        "quote": "τὸν τρεῖς μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον . . τῶν ἄλλων Ἀχιλεὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπιρρήσσεσκε καὶ οἶος",
                        "ref": "24.456",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.456"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18773",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζευ",
                        "ref": "24.522",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.522"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18774",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή",
                        "ref": "5.532",
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                    }
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                  "children": []
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>antecedent</i> and <i>consequent,</i> οἰνοχόει . . ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως 1.599, cf. 24.507; τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκε 1.96; freq. with οὕνεκα in protasi, 7.140, al.: also in questions, τίς τʼ ἄρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην; who <i>then</i> (say you) was . . ? 2.761: with demonstr. Pronoun in recapitulation, ἀλλʼ υἱὸν Πριάμοιο . . τόν ῥʼ Ὀδυσεὺς βάλε <i>he it was, whom</i> . . , 4.501: freq. in such phrases as ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας 2.35, al.; ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη 1.584, al.; ἦ ῥα 3.355, al., thus, <i>then</i> he spoke.—This usage is universal in Greek.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἰνοχόει . . ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως",
                        "ref": "1.599",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.599"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18776",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκε",
                        "ref": "1.96",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18777",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας",
                        "ref": "2.35",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη",
                        "ref": "1.584",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18779",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἦ ῥα",
                        "ref": "3.355",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "χωόμενον κατὰ θυμὸν ἐϋζώνοιο γυναικὸς τήν ῥα . . ἀπηύρων whom ( <i>and for this cause</i> he was angry) they had taken away, 1.429; εἰ μὴ ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλε . . φῆ ῥʼ ἀέκητι θεῶν φυγέειν <i>for</i> he said, Od. 4.504: freq. with οὕνεκα; so with relatives, ἐκ δʼ ἔθορε κλῆρος ὃν ἄρʼ ἤθελον αὐτοί the <i>very</i> one which . . , Il. 7.182.",
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          "label": "B",
          "definition": "οὖν) , ἄριστον ἄ. ἡ εὐδαιμονία Arist. EN 1099a24; δῆλον ἄ. Id. Pol. 1295b33; in pseudo-syllogistic conclusions, Id. SE 174b11, Rh. 1401a3, al.: esp. by way of informal inference, <i>as it seems,</i> οὐκ ἄ. σοί γε πατὴρ ἦν Πηλεύς Il. 16.33; οὐδʼ ἄ. πως ἦν ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα γενέσθαι 23.670; μάτην ἄρʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν S. El. 772; οὕτω κοινόν τι ἄ. χαρᾷ καὶ λύπῃ δάκρυά ἐστιν <i>so true is it that</i> . . , X. HG 7.1.32; πολὺ γὰρ ἀμείνων ἄ. ὁ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἢ ὁ τοῦ δικαίου βίος Pl. R. 358c; ἦν ἄ. πυρός γʼ ἕτερα . . θερμότερα Ar. Eq. 382; ὦ τλῆμον ἀρετή, λόγος ἄρʼ ἦσθα Trag.Adesp. 374; so in announcing the discovery or correction of an error, as οὐκ ἐννενοήκαμεν ὅτι εἰσὶν ἄ. . . Pl. R. 375d; φαίνεται πρὸ ποδῶν ἡμῖν κυλινδεῖσθαι καὶ οὐχ ἑωρῶμεν ἄρʼ αὐτό ib. 432d; εἰκότως ἄ. οὐκ ἐγίγνετο· ὡς γὰρ ἐγὼ νῦν πυνθάνομαι. . X. An. 2.2.3.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄριστον ἄ. ἡ εὐδαιμονία",
                "ref": "Arist. EN 1099a24",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "δῆλον ἄ.",
                "ref": "Id. Pol. 1295b33",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "οὐκ ἄ. σοί γε πατὴρ ἦν Πηλεύς",
                "ref": "Il. 16.33",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.33"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18783",
              "data": {
                "quote": "οὐδʼ ἄ. πως ἦν ἐν πάντεσσʼ ἔργοισι δαήμονα φῶτα γενέσθαι",
                "ref": "23.670",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18784",
              "data": {
                "quote": "μάτην ἄρʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν",
                "ref": "S. El. 772",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:772"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18785",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πολὺ γὰρ ἀμείνων ἄ. ὁ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἢ ὁ τοῦ δικαίου βίος",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 358c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:358c"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18786",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἦν ἄ. πυρός γʼ ἕτερα . . θερμότερα",
                "ref": "Ar. Eq. 382",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc2:382"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18787",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὦ τλῆμον ἀρετή, λόγος ἄρʼ ἦσθα",
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              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n14639-0-1-0",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "τίς ἄ. ῥύσεται; <i>who is there</i> to save? A. Th. 92; so in exclamations to heighten the expression of emotion, οἵαν ἄρʼ ἥβην . . ἀπώλεσεν <i>what</i> a band of youth was that . . ! Id. Pers. 733; so ὡς ἄρα ib. 472, S. Fr. 577; τί μʼ ἄ. τί μʼ ὀλέκεις; Id. Ant. 1285; τί οὖν . . ἄ. X. Oec. 6.2; πῶς ἄ.; οὕτως ἄ., etc.; ἄ. alone, ἔζης ἄ. S. Fr. 686: esp. in ironical comments, Ar. Av. 476, 1371, etc.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18788",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τί μʼ ἄ. τί μʼ ὀλέκεις;",
                        "ref": "Id. Ant. 1285",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1285"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18789",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τί οὖν . . ἄ.",
                        "ref": "X. Oec. 6.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc2:6.2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18790",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔζης ἄ.",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 686",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:686"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>namely,</i> ἐρῶ, ὡς ἄ. . . Pl. Tht. 152d, cf. 156e.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "τοι ἄρα, τἄρα, v. sub τοι II.2.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "εἰ (or ἐάν) μὴ ἄ. unless <i>perhaps,</i> Pl. Ap. 38b, D. 58.4; separated from εἰ μή, Id. 9.20; with irony, εἰ μὴ ἄ. ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν X. Mem. 1.2.8.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18791",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰ μὴ ἄ. ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπιμέλεια διαφθορά ἐστιν",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 1.2.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.2.perseus-grc2.8"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "ἢν ἄ. ποτὲ κατὰ γῆν βιασθῶσιν Th. 1.93, etc.; or simply, <i>perhaps</i> (sts. separated from εἰ) , εἴ τις οὖν ὑμῶν ἄ. . . ὑπελάμβανεν D. 21.8; εἴ τις ἰδίᾳ τινὰ δεδιὼς ἄ. ἀπρόθυμός ἐστιν Th. 4.86.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18792",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἢν ἄ. ποτὲ κατὰ γῆν βιασθῶσιν",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.93",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.93"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18793",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἴ τις οὖν ὑμῶν ἄ. . . ὑπελάμβανεν",
                        "ref": "D. 21.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:8"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-18794",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἴ τις ἰδίᾳ τινὰ δεδιὼς ἄ. ἀπρόθυμός ἐστιν",
                        "ref": "Th. 4.86",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.86"
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                    }
                  ],
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                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "C",
          "definition": "τἄρα, μεντἄρα, οὐτἄρα: also δήξομἄρα for δήξομαι ἄ., Ar. Ach. 325; οἰμώξετἄρα, κλαύσἄρα, Id. Th. 248, Pax 532: also in Trag., E. Hyps.Fr. 34.86.",
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        },
        {
          "label": "D",
          "definition": "ἄρα never stands first in the sentence in Classical Greek ( Arist. Mech. 851a22 is corrupt), but is found at the beginning of an apodosis in Ev.Matt. 12.28, Ep.Rom. 10.17, and first in a sentence, Ev.Luc. 11.48, Vett.Val. 305.20; in conclusion of syllogism, Herm. ap. Stob. 3.11.31.",
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          "citations": [],
          "children": []
        }
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