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ἀρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχή ἀρχῆς

Structure: ἀρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rxw

Sense

  1. beginning, origin
  2. sovereignty, dominion, authority

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

  • καὶ ἀνέστη Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸσ καὶ ἐνήδρευσαν ἐπὶ Συχὲμ τέτρασιν ἀρχαῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:34)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθε διαφθείρων ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἀλλοφύλων τρισὶν ἀρχαῖσ. ἡ ἀρχὴ ἡ μία ἐπιβλέπουσα ὁδὸν Γοφερὰ ἐπὶ γῆν Σωγάλ, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 13:16)
  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐν τρισὶν ἀρχαῖσ ἐξόπισθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖσ σάλπιγξι καὶ ἐβόησαν ἐν προσευχῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:33)
  • ταῖσ τε γὰρ ἀρχαῖσ αὐτῶν ταῖσ πρεπωδεστάταισ κέχρηται καὶ τελευτὰσ ἑκάστῃ τὰσ ἐπιτηδειοτάτασ ἀποδέδωκε, μεμέρικέν τε καλῶσ καὶ τέταχεν καὶ πεποίκιλκε τὴν γραφήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 2:2)
  • ὁ δ’ οὖν Μίνωσ ἐπιμελῶσ ἐξετάζων ἀπέπεμπεν ἕκαστον εἰσ τὸν τῶν ἀσεβῶν χῶρον δίκην ὑφέξοντα κατ’ ἀξίαν τῶν τετολμημένων, καὶ μάλιστα ἐκείνων ἥπτετο τῶν ἐπὶ πλούτοισ τε καὶ ἀρχαῖσ τετυφωμένων καὶ μονονουχὶ καὶ προσκυνεῖσθαι περιμενόντων, τήν τε ὀλιγοχρόνιον ἀλαζονείαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ὑπεροψίαν μυσαττόμενοσ, καὶ ὅτι μὴ ἐμέμνηντο θνητοί τε ὄντεσ αὐτοὶ καὶ θνητῶν ἀγαθῶν τετυχηκότεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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