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ἀρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχή ἀρχῆς

Structure: ἀρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rxw

Sense

beginning, origin
sovereignty, dominion, authority

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀρχή	ἀρχᾱ́	ἀρχαί
Genitive	ἀρχῆς	ἀρχαῖν	ἀρχῶν
Dative	ἀρχῇ	ἀρχαῖν	ἀρχαῖς
Accusative	ἀρχήν	ἀρχᾱ́	ἀρχᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἀρχή	ἀρχᾱ́	ἀρχαί

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

στείχει δι’ εὐρείασ κελεύθου μυρία παντᾷ φάτισ σᾶσ γενεᾶσ λιπαρο‐ ζώνων θυγάτρων, ἃσ θεοὶ σὺν τύχαισ ᾤκισσαν ἀρχα‐ γοὺσ ἀπορθήτων ἀγυιᾶν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 6:1)
τοῦτ’ ἐκεῖν’, ἵκει πάλιν ὅθενπερ ἀρχὰ τῶν κακῶν ἁμῖν ἔφυ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, lyric 2:33)
ἦν ἐκ τῶν εὐόλβων Ἄργει βασιλέων ἀρχά, μόχθοσ δ’ ἐκ μόχθων ᾄσσει· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 2:4)
φυλάσσοι τ’ ἀτρεμαῖα τιμὰσ τὸ δάμιον, τὸ πτόλιν κρατύνει, προμαθὶσ εὐκοινόμητισ ἀρχά. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 41)
εἰ δέ νιν ἔχων τισ οἶδεν τὸ μέλλον, ὅτι θανόντων μὲν ἐνθάδ’ αὐτίκ’ ἀπάλαμνοι φρένεσ ποινὰσ ἔτισαν, τὰ δ’ ἐν τᾷδε Διὸσ ἀρχᾷ ἀλιτρὰ κατὰ γᾶσ δικάζει τισ ἐχθρᾷ λόγον φράσαισ ἀνάγκᾳ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 2 18:1)

Synonyms

sovereignty
- ἐπιστασία (authority, dominion)
- κοιρανία (sovereignty)

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Sense

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sovereignty

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