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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

  • εἰσ τὸν τόπον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, οὗ ἐποίησεν ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀρχήν. καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐκεῖ Ἅβραμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:4)
  • ἔτι τρεῖσ ἡμέραι καὶ μνησθήσεται Φαραὼ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ σου καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει σε ἐπί τὴν ἀρχιοινοχοί̈αν σου, καὶ δώσεισ τὸ ποτήριον Φαραὼ εἰσ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχήν σου τὴν προτέραν, ὡσ ἦσθα οἰνοχοῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:13)
  • καὶ ἀποκατέστησε τὸν ἀρχιοινοχόον ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκε τὸ ποτήριον εἰσ τὴν χεῖρα Φαραώ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:21)
  • ἐγενήθη δέ, καθὼσ συνέκρινεν ἡμῖν, οὕτω καὶ συνέβη, ἐμέ τε ἀποκατασταθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν μου, ἐκεῖνον δὲ κρεμασθῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:13)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰσ τὰσ κοιλίασ αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ διάδηλοι ἐγένοντο, ὅτι εἰσῆλθον εἰσ τὰσ κοιλίασ αὐτῶν, καὶ αἱ ὄψεισ αὐτῶν αἰσχραί, καθὰ καὶ τὴν ἀρχήν. ἐξεγερθεὶσ δὲ ἐκοιμήθην (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:21)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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