Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπαρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπαρχή

Structure: ἀπαρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from a)pa/rxomai

Sense

  1. the beginning of a sacrifice, the primal offering
  2. the firstlings, first-fruits

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μήτι πτερνιεῖ ἄνθρωποσ Θεόν̣ διότι ὑμεῖσ πτερνίζετέ με. καὶ ἐρεῖτε. ἐν τίνι ἐπτερνίσαμέν σε̣ ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα καὶ αἱ ἀπαρχαὶ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν εἰσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Malachiae 3:8)
  • ἀπαρχαὶ πάντων καὶ τὰ πρωτότοκα πάντων καὶ τὰ ἀφαιρέματα πάντα ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἀπαρχῶν ὑμῶν τοῖσ ἱερεῦσιν ἔσται. καὶ τὰ πρωτογεννήματα ὑμῶν δώσετε τῷ ἱερεῖ τοῦ θεῖναι εὐλογίασ ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τοὺσ οἴκουσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 44:30)
  • καὶ τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ μήκουσ τὸ ἐχόμενον τῶν ἀπαρχῶν τῶν ἁγίων δέκα χιλιάδεσ πρὸσ ἀνατολὰσ καὶ δέκα χιλιάδεσ πρὸσ θάλασσαν. καὶ ἔσονται αἱ ἀπαρχαὶ τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἔσται τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆσ εἰσ ἄρτουσ τοῖσ ἐργαζομένοισ τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 48:18)
  • "καίτοι γε τὰ μὲν εἰσ ἡμᾶσ δαπανώμενα τῇ χρείᾳ μετρεῖται τὰ δ’ εἰσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἀπαρχαί τινὲσ εἰσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 10430)
  • καλέσασ δ’ αὐτόν ποτε ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ὁ Φίλιπποσ μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων θεῶν συγκατέκλινε πάντασ ἐπὶ τῆσ μέσησ κλίνησ ὑψηλότατα καὶ ἱεροπρεπέστατα κεκοσμημένησ καὶ τράπεζαν παραθεὶσ ἐφ’ ἧσ βωμὸσ ἔκειτο καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ γῆσ παντοδαπῶν ἀπαρχαί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 33 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. the beginning of a sacrifice

  2. the firstlings

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION