Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπάρχομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπάρχομαι

Structure: ἀπ (Prefix) + ά̓ρχ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to make a beginning, to begin the sacrifice with, by cutting off, to begin, sacrificial
  2. to cut off part, to offer, to offer part of
  3. to offer the firstlings or first-fruits
  4. to take as the first-fruits, as, choice or best
  5. to be the first, be leader, dance

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅ γ’ ἀπαρχόμενοσ κεφαλῆσ τρίχασ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 28:4)
  • κόψε δ’ ἀπαρχόμενοσ σχίζῃ δρυόσ, ἣν λίπε κείων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 28:6)
  • γέρων δ’ ἱππηλάτα Νέστωρ χέρνιβά τ’ οὐλοχύτασ τε κατήρχετο, πολλὰ δ’ Ἀθήνῃ εὔχετ’ ἀπαρχόμενοσ, κεφαλῆσ τρίχασ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 42:9)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅγ’ ἀπαρχόμενοσ κεφαλῆσ τρίχασ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεν ἀργιόδοντοσ ὑόσ, καὶ ἐπεύχετο πᾶσι θεοῖσιν νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα πολύφρονα ὅνδε δόμονδε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 34:5)

Synonyms

  1. to make a beginning

    • κατάρχω (to begin the sacrificial ceremonies, began [the sacrifice] with, I begin the function)

Derived

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

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