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J. N. Madvig, Syntax of the Greek Language: Appendix, On the Use and Meaning of the Particles

Syntax of The Greek Language, especially of the Attic dialect, for the use of schools, Dr. J. N. Madvig, professor in the university of Copenhagen. Translated from the German by the rev. Henry Browne, M. A and edited by the rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M. A, late rector of Lyndon, and formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Together with an Appendix on the Greek Particles, by the Translator. 2nd edition. Rivingstons: London, Oxford, and Cambridge, 1873.

Pages 211–254 of the book.

§ 250.

γε μήν: ὅρα γε μήν, look to it, however, Soph. Ed. C. 587. λόγῳ γε μὴν εὔκλειαν, in word at least, however, Soph. El. 973. τοξικήν γε μήν, archery, at least, for one thing, Pl. Conv. 197. Εἴς γε μὴν δικαιοσύνην, In respect, however, of justice, Xen. An. 1, 9, 16: where γε μήν expresses an opposition more strongly than dé, but with transition to something new: ib. § 20, φίλους γε μὴν ὅσους ποιήσαιτο: 7, 6, 15, Ἐπεί γε μὴν ψεύδεσθαι ἤρξατο Σεύθης. [1]

[1]: Ellendt adopts Blomfield's ὅραγε μέντοι on the ground. that μὲν δή de rebus adhuc faciendis non dicatur: which is not true.

γε δή, qui-dem, ἐπεί γε δὴ – ἐκτησάμην, since it has come to this that -. ὥσπερ γὰρ –, ταύτῃ γε δὴ –, in this way, sure enough, Pl. Rep. 330.

γε μὲν δή, preceded by ἐπεί, Soph. Trach. 484 (ἐπεί γε, quandoquidem), ὅρα γε μὲν δή, Ει. 1242 (cf. γε μήν).

§ 251.

γέ τοι (see under τοι), at least though (thus much at least is certain, that –). ταύτης δὲ (sc. τῆς) ἀπορίας καὶ σύ μοι δοκεῖς κεκοινωνηκέναι· μεταβαλλόμενος γέ τοι ἄνω καὶ κάτω οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν παύει, Pl. Alc. 2, 17. Therefore often preceded by δοκεῖ, and the like: τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἔοικεν ὕπνος ἔξειν· κάρα γὰρ ὑπτιάζεται τόδε. ἱδρώς γέ τοί νιν πᾶν καταστάζει δέμας, at any rate a sweat –, Soph. Phil. 823. ἆρά γε πρὸς τὸν θεὸν προσευξόμενος πορεύει; “Πάνυ μὲν οὖν.” φαίνει γέ τοι ἐσκυθρωπακέναι = I guessed as much: for sure enough you seem, Pl. Alc. 2 init. Ἐπιθυμεῖ Σωκράτης ἀκοῦσαι Γοργίου; Ἐπ᾿ αὐτό γέ τοι τοῦτο πάρεσμεν = (Like enough,) for to be sure –. Φορᾶς γέ τοι φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεται, the carrying indeed, as far as that goes, Soph. Trach. 1212. ᾿Αλλά – γέ τοι, after a condition: ἐγὼ δὲ σὸς, κεἰ μὴ σὸς, ἀλλὰ σός

γέ τοι καλούμενος, certe tamen. Εἰ δ᾽ ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ἡττώμεθα, ἀλλὰ τό γέ τοι πῦρ τοῦ καρποῦ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν, Xen. An. 2, 5, 19. Often with δή added: thus (in answer to a question), φασί γέ τοι δή οἱ τούτων κύριοι, yes, at least this is quite certain that -, Pl. Crito, 44. κείνου γέ τοι δὴ παῖς ἐκλήζετο, Soph. Ed. T. 1171.

γε μέντοι, yet – at least. τούς γε μέντοι ἀγαθούς, yet the brave withal, Xen. An. 1, 9, 14.

§ 252.

τοι. This enclitic, derived from το (connected with tamen and though), is originally demonstrative, and by individualizing restricts and excludes.

The original demonstrative force appears especially in rousing exclamations: σέ τοι, σὲ κρίνω, ναί σε, thee there (thee only), Soph. El. 1445, so Aj. 1228: and other pointed allocutions, σύ τοι, σύ τοι κατηξίωσας, thou', thou alone -, Phil. 1095: and with emphatic pronouns, ἐγώ τοι, ἔγωγέ τοι, I, for my part. ἐγώ τοι οὐκ ἀμφισβητῶ, I', be sure of that -, Pl. Hipp. Maj. 369. ταῦτά τοι, this and this only. ταῦτά τοί σ᾽ ἔχθει πόλις, therefore, and reason enough that, Eur. Androm. 212. It is frequent in replies, in the sense be sure of that! never fear! ᾿Αλλὰ ταχύ τοι ἀποκρινοῦμαι, Xen. An. 6,4 (al. 6), 34. εἰρήσεταί τοι, it shall be spoken (rely upon that!), Eur. Ion, 760. ὅρα κατ᾿ ὄρφνην μὴ φύλαξιν ἐντύχῃς. “ Φυλάξομαί τοι," Eur. Hipp. 567.- ἴσθι τοι τίσουσά γ᾽ ἀξίαν δίκην, be sure though, Soph. El. 290.

This particle is especially frequent in gnomes, maxims, and general reflexions, in the sense, sure enough that! Μήτι τοι δρύτομος μέγ᾽ ἀμείνων, ἠὲ βίῃφιν, Il. 23, 315.

τοῖς τοι δικαίοις χώ βραχὺς νικᾳ μέγαν, Soph. Ed. C. 884. κάρτα τοι φιλοίκτιστον γυνή, Aj. 577. ἡδύ τοι ἀνδρεῖόν τι καὶ καλὸν νῦν εἰπόντα καὶ ποιήσαντα μνήμην παρέχειν ἑαυτοῦ, Xen. An. 6, 3 (al. 5), 24. ἥ τοι τῆς διανοίας ὄψις ἄρχεται ὀξὺ βλέπειν, ὅταν ἡ τῶν ὀμμάτων τῆς ἀκμῆς λήγειν ἐπιχειρῇ, Pl. Conv. 219.

§ 253.

καί τοι, properly "and that" (an accession qualified by though, or "also this" viz. "ortoattamen, be considered"): hence especially frequent in the corrective sense, tamen certe, and quamquam. ἀλλὰ κἀμέ τοι (me also, though) ταὐτὸν τόδ᾽ ὄψει δρῶντα κου μέλλοντα ἔτι. καίτοι σ᾽ ἐάσω, yet, or, however, I will let thee go, Soph. Phil. 1255. καίτοι τί φημι; quamquam quid loquor, what am I saying though? & Θάνατε, Θάνατε, νῦν μ᾽ ἐπίσκεψαι μολών· καίτοι σὲ μὲν κἀκεῖ προσαυδήσω ξυνών· σὲ δ᾽ –, Aj. 854. ᾿Αλλὰ ἰόντων (Well, let them go) –, καίτοι ἔχω γε αὐτῶν καὶ τέκνα -, and yet (= take this also into the account). With secondary predicates: οὐδέ μοι ἐμμελέως τὸ Πιττάκειον νέμεται, καίτοι σοφοῦ παρὰ φωτὸς εἰρημένον, quamvis a viro sapiente dictum, Pl. Prot. 339. The force is explained by resolving καί τοι into καὶ ·εἰρημένον, καὶ (οὐδ᾽) ὥς (= τῶς, οὕτως). A stronger expression of this sense is καὶ ταῦτα: τοιαῦτα ὕβρισεν, καὶ ταῦτα τηλικοῦτος, and that too! Soph. El. 614: even with the finite verb, though rarely, καὶ ταῦτα κούφως ἐκ μέσων ἀρκυστάτων ὤρουσεν, Æsch. Eum. 112. Placed at the end of the sentence: Νῦν γοῦν ἐπεχείρησας, οὐδὲν ὢν καὶ ταῦτα, being nothing worth (yet), even so (for all that!), Pl. Rep. 341.

In καίτοι γε, the ye belongs to the whole sentence: καίτοι γε ὀφειλόμενόν που ἐστι τοῦτο ὁ παρακατέθετο, and yet to be sure (it is true that -), Pl. Rep. 331 fin. In καίτοι ye, the ye belongs to the interposed word: καίτοι τοσοῦτόν γ᾽ οἶδα, though indeed thus much at least I know, Soph. Ed. T. 1455.

Often followed by ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως, which, again, illustrates the original force of καίτοι = καὶ ὡς (τῶς): καίτοι οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐκ ἀληθὲς εἴρηκα ὧν προεῖπον· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως -, = yet for all that: the thing is even so (καὶ τῶς), yet even so (ὅμως), Pl. Euthyph. 3. καίτοι φασὶν Ἰφικράτην– ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἔχθραν· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως -, Dem. Mid. 41, Buttm.

§ 254.

μέντοι = for one thing, this'. In rousing exclamations, like τοι: οὗτος, σε λέγω δ μέντοι, σὲ τὸν τεθνηκότα. – Usually it may be rendered however, to be sure, with an opposition to something preceding: ἔπειτα μέντοι, anon however (though). μάλιστα μὲν δὴ – · ἔπειτα μέντοι, Soph. Phil. 350. τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὤκνει –, ἔπειτα μέντοι εἶπεν, Pl. Charm. 159.[1] In affirmative answers (§ 199 c, R. 2): φαμέν τι εἶναι δίκαιον αὐτὸ ἢ οὐδέν; “ φαμὲν μέντοι, νὴ Δία,” we affirm it, to be sure (true enough that), Pl. Phæd. 65. οὐ πολλὴ ἂν ἀλογία εἴη; “ πολλὴ μέντοι νὴ Δία,” ib. 68. - Εἰ γὰρ ῥέοι τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἀπολλύοιτο –, ἀναγκαῖον μέντ᾽ ἂν εἴη –, to be sure, it would be necessary, ib. 87. Σὸς μέντοι Σιμωνίδης πολίτης· δίκαιος εἶβοηθεῖν τῳ ἀνδρί, to be sure, S. is your countryman, you are bound to stand up for him, Pl. Prot.339fin. Δῆλον ὅτι Σεύθης – ἀπαιτήσει με, καὶ ἀπαιτήσει μέντοι δικαίως, and for the matter of that, Xen. An. 7, 6, 17. So An. 4, 6, 15, 16, ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν παιδείαν καὶ φυλάξασθαι μέντοι (withal) μὴ ληφθῶμεν κλέπτοντες... ᾿Αλλὰ μέντοι (well, for the matter of that, i. e. talking of stealing) καὶ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἀκούω τοὺς ᾿Αθ. δεινοὺς εἶναι κλέπτειν τὰ δημόσια – καὶ τοὺς κρατίστους μέντοι (and your best men withal). - In questions with οὐ, nonne? having the force of an affirmation: οἱ ἀντίδικοι τί δρῶσιν; οὐκ ἀντιλέγουσι μέντοι; they oppose each other, to be sure, don't they? Pl. Phæd. 261. οὐ τῶν καλῶν μέντοι ἡ σωφροσύνη ἐστί; Pl. Charm. 159.


[1]: Stallb. Pl. Phæd. 266, says, that a preceding μέν requires μέντοι to follow, not μὲν δή.


καὶ μέντοι – καὶ μήν together with καίτοι (corrective): Pl. Alc. 1, 113, ἐμε δὲ αἰτιᾳ μάτην. καὶ μέντοι καὶ εὐ λέγεις [1], and yet, to be sure, you do say well. Similarly, ἀλλὰ μέντοι, οὐ μέντοι (οὐ not interrogative), οὐ μέντοι οὐδέ –. Comp. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ - with οὐ μέντοι ἀλλὰ (καί), yet no! but - = attamen, verumtamen. Βούλει οὖν ἐπιχειρήσωμεν –; “ Πάνυ μὲν οὖν. οὐ μέντοι ἀλλ᾽ ἔγωγε ἐκεῖνο ἂν ἥδιστα ἀκούσαιμι," not so, though; but, Pl. Meno, § 22 init.


[1]: Not simply καὶ μήν, as Buttm. in l.


γε μέντοι is a frequent combination, where both particles severally claim the second place in the sentence: thus, τούς γε μέντοι ἀγαθοὺς εἰς πόλεμον ὡμολόγητο διαφερόντως τιμᾶν, Xen. An. 1, 9, 14, the sentence being compounded of τούς γε ἀγ. and τοὺς μέντοι ἀγ. δο οἶμαί γε μέντοι, ἔφη. But when the first word does not admit ye, but does admit μέντοι, the order is changed: thus, λέγουσι μέν τι· οὐ μέντοι γε ὅσον οἴονται, Pl. Rep. 329. οὐ μέντοι ταχύ γε ἀπαγγελῶ, Xen. An. 2, 3, 9.

Οη γέ τοι, see § 251.

§ 255.

ἤτοι, comp. of ἢ and τοι, is epic: [2] verily, assuredly: ὦ φίλοι, ἤτοι κλῆρος ἐμός: often ἤτοι μέν. Sometimes in oppositions: ἤτοι Νεστορίδην –, Τηλέμαχον δ' -, Od. 15, 6. ἤτοι ᾿Ὀδυσσεὺς ὕστερος, αὐτὰρ Τηλέμαχος πρόσθ' ἡγεμόνευεν, 24, 154.

[2]: But Soph. Ed. C. 1366, ἢ τἂν οὐκ ἂν ἢ = ἢ τοι ἄν, and El. 498, ἢ τοι οι ἤ τοι.

In the alternative ἢ - ἤ, the Attics often add τοι to the first ἤ. ἤτοι κλύουσα παιδὸς ἢ τύχῃ πάρα, Soph. Ant. 1182, Trach. 149. ἤτοι ὅλου τοῦ εἴδους ἢ μέρους ἑκάστου, Pl. Parm. 131. Often with ye added: ἤτοι θεούς γε ἡγούμεθα ἢ θεῶν παῖδας, Apol. 27. ἤτοι ἐπιστάμενοί γε – ἢ ὕστερον, Phæd. 76. In Rep. 344, Ε, ἔοικας - ἤτοι ἡμῶν γε οὐδὲν κήδεσθαι, the first ἤ is suppressed, the sense being, or (else) in that case, you do not care for us at all.

§ 256.

οὔτοι, not - though, surely not: οὔτοι γε: οὐτἄρα: usually at the beginning of a sentence, or preceded by ἀλλά.

μήτοι (the prohibitive μή), do notthough: μήτοι τις ἡμᾶς – θορυβήσῃ, Pl. Rep. 438. μήτοι γε: μήτοι γε in aposiopesis, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 24. Μὰ Δί᾽, ἔφη ὁ ταξίαρχος, μήτοι γε ἐν μιᾷ γε ἡμέρᾳ, not in one day though: often (in the same sense μή τι γε) = nedum, αὐτοὺς ἐποίει, μήτοι καὶ ἀλλήλους γε, – ἀδικεῖν, not to say one another, Pl. Rep. 352. μήτοι θεούς γε, εἰ δ᾽ οὖν θεούς, μήτοι τόν γε μέγιστον τῶν θεῶν, ib. 388. Sometimes μήτοι γε δή.

§ 257.

ῥα and ἄρ (Epic), ἄρα.[3]


[3]: The supposed derivation from ἄρω (Kühner, Nägelsb., Stallbaum) explains some of the facts (see Il. 14, 511, and the preceding vss.); more satisfactory is that (cf. Hartung) which connects the simple ῥα (ap) with the verbal root, denoting easy or sudden motion, which appears in ῥέω, ῥέα, and ῥάδιος, rapio, repente (applied to mental action in reor, ratus), rite, and with the suffix in comparatives and comparative words, δεινότερος, πότερος, alter(o), δεῦρο, ultro, intra, ἡμέτερος, longer, other, either, hither, our, &c. nostr(o). On this view, a-pa is the pronominal root ả- (ἀ-πό, ἀ-νά, ἀ priv., ἀ-τὰρ, ἄ-τερ, &c.) compounded with ῥα.


a) ῥα enclitic, ἄρ the same inverted, and also ἄρα [4], are often attached (in epic poetry) to relatives and demonstratives, particles and conjunctions, at the beginning of a sentence or clause of a sentence, with a notion of progress or sequence, which is sometimes perceptible, but often so slight that the particle might as well be absent, and seems only intended to help the metre or to close an hiatus. Thus we find, indifferently, ὡς ἔφαν and ὡς ἄρ᾽ ἔφαν, never ὡς ῥ᾽ ἔφαν or ὡς ῥ᾽ ἔφατ᾽: ὡς ἔφατ᾽, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα and ὡς ἔφατ᾽, οἱ δέ: οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ ἵκοντο and οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν: τῶν μὲν ἄρ᾽ ᾿Αμφίμαχος and τῶν μὲν Ὀδυσσεύς: οἵ τ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ᾿Αμύκλας εἶχον and οἱ τ᾽ ἔχον Αἴγιναν: δὴ τότε and δή ῥα τότ᾽. – Ὡς ἔφατ᾽ ἔδδεισεν δὲ –, καί ῥ᾽ ἀκέουσα καθῆστο, with reference to the preceding command, ἀλλ᾽ ἀκέουσα κάθησο, Il. 1, 565–8. τίς τ᾽ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι; and who then, with ref. to διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε, Il. 1, 6–8.


[4]: But in numberless passages, a slight alteration will give ῥα or ἄρ where the edited text has ἄρα, ἄρ᾽.


It frequently appears in one member of an alternative: ἤ ῥα – ἤ, – ἄρα – εἴτε, οὔτ᾽ ἄρα οὔτε; or correlation, τόσσον ὅσσον ἄρ᾽, ἡμος – τῆμος ἄρ᾽: or opposition, μέν ῥα – δέ (ἀλλά, αὐτάρ): οὐκ ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα. Also ὅττι ῥα, ἐπεί ῥα, οὖνεκ᾿ ἄρα, ὅτε ῥα, ὅτε and τότε δή ῥα. γάρ ῥα. ἢ ῥα (verily): οὐκ and οὐδ᾽ ἄρα, εἰ μὴ ἄρ᾽.:

b) This use is less frequent with other words: it is found, however, in primary sentences after some monosyllabic verbs: ἡ ῥα, so spake he; βῆ δ᾽ ἴμεν and αὐτὰρ ὁ βῆ ρ᾿ ἰέναι, Il. 21, 205 (even not at the beginning of a sentence, μετὰ δὲ κλειτοὺς ἐπικούρους βῆ ῥα μέγα ἰάχων, Il. 17, 215): more frequently in apodosis, αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ –, βὴ ῥ᾽ ἴμεν, and ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥα –, γνῶ ῥ᾽ ἄνδρας, Il. 10, 357. αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ τεύξε σάκος –, τεῦξ᾽ ἄρα οἱ θώρηκα, Il. 18, 609. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ –, εἴατ᾿ ἄρ᾽, Il. 22, 127. οἱ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν –, στῆσαν ἄρ᾽, Il. 24, 349. Similarly, ἤτοι ὅγ᾽ ὡς εἰπὼν, κατ᾿ ἄρ᾽ ἔζετο, Il. 1, 101: and with the participle, τὸν δ᾽ ὡς οὖν –, κινήσας ῥα κάρη, Il. 17, 198. Rarely with substantives: Αἴας ῥα πρῶτος, Il. 14, 511. ἀσπὶς ἄρ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔρειδε, Il. 16, 201. With preposition: τοῦ δ᾽ ὡς οὖν –, μετ᾿ ἄρα δμωῇσιν εἶπεν, Od. 17, 493.

c) ἄρα (not ῥα) denotes subjective consequence, so then –! why, then –! it appears, or, turns out! always with a feeling of surprise, of finding oneself mistaken and, agreeably or disagreeably, undeceived. This use is known to Homer: Ἕκτορ, εἶδος ἄριστε, μάχης ἄρα πολλὸν ἐδεύεο, Il. 17, 142. σχέτλιε, Πηλέος υἱὲ, χόλῳ ἄρα σ᾽ ἔτρεφε μήτηρ, Il. 16, 203. οἷσιν ἄρα Ζεὺς ἐκ νεότητος ἔδωκε καὶ ἐς γῆρας τολυπεύειν, Il. 14, 85. νηλεές, οὐκ ἄρα σοίγε πατὴρ ἦν ἱππότα Πηλεύς, &c., Il. 16, 33. So –

Hdt. 1, 111, πυνθάνομαι – ὡς ἄρα Μανδάνης τε εἴη παῖς, that after all (or, who would have thought it!) –. In this sense, ἄρα is very frequent in the Attic writers of poetry and prose. οὐκ ἐνενοήσαμεν ὅτι εἰσὶν ἄρα τοιαῦται φύσεις, οἷας ἡμεῖς οὐκ ᾠήθημεν, Pl. Rep. 375. ὦ παῖδες, ὡς ἄρα ἐφλυαροῦμεν, ὅτε –, how, as it now appears, we did trifle –! Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 11. ἐμοὶ, ὦ ἄνδρες, θυομένῳ – οὐκ ἐγίγνετο τὰ ἱερά. καὶ εἰκότως ἄρα οὐκ ἐγίγνετο· ὡς γὰρ ἐγὼ νῦν πυνθάνομαι –, and with good reason, as the result has shown, Xen. An. 2, 2, 3. μάτην ἄρ᾽ ἡμεῖς, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν, why then it appears –, Soph. El. 762. ὅτ᾽ οὔκετ᾽ εἰμί, τηνικαῦτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εἰμ᾿ ἀνήρ, Œd. C. 394. οὕτω κοινόν τι ἄρα χαρᾷ καὶ λύπῃ δάκρυά ἐστιν! Xen. Hell. 7, 1, 32. Hence the use of the imperfect, ὅδ᾽ ἦν ἄρα –, this then is he –! (he was so all along, as it now turns out), Soph. Phil. 966. καὶ ἐνενόησα τότε ἄρα καταγέλαστος ὤν, ἡνίκα – ἔφην –. οὐδὲν εἰδὼς ἄρα τοῦ πράγματος –. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ὑπ᾿ ἀβελτερίας ὤμην –. τὸ δὲ ἄρα, οὐ τοῦτο ἦν –, ἀλλὰ –. εἰ δὲ ψευδῆ, οὐδὲν ἄρ᾽ ἦν πρᾶγμα... ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἤδη ἄρα –, Pl. Conv. 198 C–E. Sometimes in the middle of a sentence: πολλὰ καὶ ἀγαθὰ τὴν πόλιν πεποιηκότες ἄρα ἀδίκως ὑπ᾿ αὐτῆς ἀπόλλυνται, ὡς ὁ τούτων λόγος, Pl. Gorg. 519. ὡς δὲ ταῦτα γελοῖά ἐστι, κατάδηλον ἔσται, ἐὰν μὴ πολλοῖς ὀνόμασι χρώμεθα ἄρα, ἡδεῖ τε καὶ ἀνιαρῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ κακῷ, Pl. Prot. 355.

On ἄρα in sentences with μέν – δέ, see § 189 a.

§ 258.

In interrogations it denotes surprise, perplexity, or impatience: τίς ἄρα ῥύσεται; τίς ἄρ᾽ ἐπαρκέσει θεῶν ἢ θεᾶν; Eur.

In exclamations, ὅρα, τίς ἄρ᾽ ἦν; (in disappointment at not finding the person who was expected;) Soph. Ed. C. 118, πῶς πότε – πῶς ἄρα; Phil. 684, ὡς οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἤδη –! how ignorant, it seems, I was! El. 1176. So ei and εἰ μὴ ἄρα -, if(or, unless), which I do not expect, &c.: ποταμὸς δ᾽ εἰ μέν τις καὶ ἄλλος ἄρα ἡμῖν ἐστι διαβατέος, οὐκ οἶδα, if it should turn out that there is -, Xen. An. 2, 4, 6. εἴτε – εἴτ᾿ ἄρα, whether or (should such unexpectedly be the case). With ὡς, " that,” it is often ironical: ὡς ἄρα οἱ πρόγονοι μεγάλα εὐ παθόντες οὐδένα ἐτίμησαν, that it should seem forsooth -, Dem.

§ 259.

Peculiarities: ταῦτα δὴ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πάντες ἄρα ξυνέφασαν, Pl. Conv. 177. The force may be expressed by, they could but assent: ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ Κῦρος ἐπαίσατο apa (in his surprise) τὸν μηρόν, Xen. Cyr. 7, 3, 6. Σακῶν δὲ ἰδιώτης ἀνὴρ ἀπελιπεν ἄρα (to the surprise of everybody) τῷ ἵππῳ τοὺς ἀλλοὺς ἐγγὺς τῷ ἡμίσει τοῦ δρόμου, Xen. Cyr. 8, 3, 25. ὥστε ἐπεὶ ἐδεδειπνήκεσαν, καὶ τὰ πάντα πολλὰ ὄντα διαπεπόμφει ὁ Κῦρος ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης, εἶπεν ἄρα ὁ Γωβρύας· ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἐγὼ, ὦ Κῦρε, πρόσθεν μὲν ἡγούμην (said in his surprise, or, could not help saying), Xen. Cyr. 8, 4, 7. In some places, the sense as it turned out subsides into in fact, or, it should be remarked that: “ Σάκα δὲ οὐδὲν δίδως; ” ὁ δὲ Σάκας ἄρα -, now Sacas, it should be observed, was, &c. (or, it would turn out upon enquiry, that -). So, in explanation of a preceding speech, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα τῶν βασιλέων οἰνοχόοι..., Xen. Cyr. 1, 3, 9.

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