ἆρα

Etymology
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Usage notes
ἆρα has no single translation when it introduces a main-clause question. English, instead of beginning yes-no questions in an interrogative, begins them in a verb, either the auxiliary used in the non-question form of the sentence, or a form of do:
 * He can do it > Can he do it?
 * He did it > Did he do it?

ἆρα simply serves as a marker of a yes-no question, as the verb at the beginning of the sentence does in English:


 * ποιῆσαι δύναται > ἆρα ποιῆσαι δύναται
 * ἐποίησεν > ἆρ’ ἐποίησεν