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  "headword": "ἆρα",
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          "definition": "<i>anxiety</i> or <i>impatience,</i> = Ep. and Lyr. ἦ ῥα:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "D. 35.44 a <i>negative</i> answer is implied in the question ἆρʼ ἂν οἴεσθε . . ; but an <i>affirmative</i> in X. Cyr. 4.6.4 ἆ. βέβληκα δὶς ἐφεξῆς; cf. ἆρʼ εὐτυχεῖς . . ἢ δυστυχεῖς; E. Ph. 424.—To make it plainly neg., we have ἆ. μή . . ; A. Th. 208, Pl. Phd. 64c; and to make it plainly affirmative, ἆρʼ οὐ; ἆρʼ οὐχί; S. OC 791, OT 540; ἆρʼ οὐχ οὕτως; Pl. Phlb. 11d.",
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                        "ref": "D. 35.44 a",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 4.6.4",
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                        "ref": "E. Ph. 424.—To make it plainly neg., we have",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "A. Th. 208,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:208"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phd. 64c; and to make it plainly affirmative,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52057",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "S. OC 791,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:791"
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                        "ref": "OT 540;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:540"
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phlb. 11d.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "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., ἆρʼ οὖν οὐ . . ; Id. Phdr. 263a, etc.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Grg. 477a,",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "La. 190b; also when a neg. answer is expected,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52062",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Chrm. 159b; with a neg.,",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Id. Phdr. 263a, etc.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012.perseus-grc2:263a"
                      }
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἆρά γε, each Particle retains its force, γε serving to make the question more definite, Ar. Pl. 546, X. Mem. 1.5.4, etc.",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pl. 546,",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52065",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 1.5.4, etc.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "τίς interrog., τίνος ποτʼ ἆρʼ ἔπραξε χειρί S. Aj. 905; τίδʼ ἆρʼ ἐγὼ σέ; E. IA 1228; τίς ἆρʼ ὁ φεύγων; Ar. V. 893; with ἤν, E. Rh. 118.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52066",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τίνος ποτʼ ἆρʼ ἔπραξε χειρί",
                        "ref": "S. Aj. 905",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:905"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52067",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "E. IA 1228;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc2:1228"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52068",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τίς ἆρʼ ὁ φεύγων;",
                        "ref": "Ar. V. 893",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:893"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52069",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "E. Rh. 118.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg052.perseus-grc2:118"
                      }
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "σκεψώμεθα τοῦτο ἆ . . . Pl. Phd. 70e, cf. R. 526c, al., Arist. Ph. 204b3, etc.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52070",
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                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phd. 70e, cf.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:70e"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52071",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "R. 526c, al.,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:526c"
                      }
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52072",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ph. 204b3, etc.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:204b.perseus-grc2.3"
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Archil. 86, 89, Pi. P. 4.78, Ar. V. 3; τοιοῖσδε χρησμοῖς ἆ. χρὴ πεποιθέναι; A. Ch. 297, cf. 435; τῷ δὲ ξιφήρης ἆρʼ ὑφειστήκει λόχος E. Andr. 1114: in exclamations, βραδεῖαν ἡμᾶς ἆρʼ ὁ τήνδε τὴν ὁδὸν πέμπων ἔπεμψεν S. Aj. 738; ὀδυνηρὸς ἆρʼ ὁ πλοῦτος E. Ph. 566, cf. El. 1229, Hipp. 1086; ἦ δεινὸν ἆρʼ ἦν Id. Fr. 931; ἔμελλόν σʼ ἆ. κινήσειν Ar. Nu. 1301, cf. Ach. 347.",
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                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Archil. 86,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001.perseus-grc2:86"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52074",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "89,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001.perseus-grc2:89"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52075",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Pi. P. 4.78,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.78"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52076",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Ar. V. 3;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:3"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52077",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοιοῖσδε χρησμοῖς ἆ. χρὴ πεποιθέναι;",
                    "ref": "A. Ch. 297",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:297"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52078",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "435;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:435"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52079",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῷ δὲ ξιφήρης ἆρʼ ὑφειστήκει λόχος",
                    "ref": "E. Andr. 1114",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc2:1114"
                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52080",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βραδεῖαν ἡμᾶς ἆρʼ ὁ τήνδε τὴν ὁδὸν πέμπων ἔπεμψεν",
                    "ref": "S. Aj. 738",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:738"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52081",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὀδυνηρὸς ἆρʼ ὁ πλοῦτος",
                    "ref": "E. Ph. 566",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc2:566"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52082",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "El. 1229,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:1229"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52083",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Hipp. 1086;",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1086"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52084",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἦ δεινὸν ἆρʼ ἦν",
                    "ref": "Id. Fr. 931",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:931"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52085",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔμελλόν σʼ ἆ. κινήσειν",
                    "ref": "Ar. Nu. 1301",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1301"
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                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52086",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Ach. 347.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:347"
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          "label": "B",
          "definition": "ἆ. almost always stands first in the sentence, but cf. Pl. Grg. 467e; καὶ ὑπὲρ τούτων ἆ. . . Jul. Or. 2.61c: in Poetry greater licence is taken, v. supr. I.4, II.",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Pl. Grg. 467e;",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52088",
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                "quote": "",
                "ref": "Jul. Or. 2.61c: in Poetry greater licence is taken,",
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