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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
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

  • 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)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἡμέρα γενέσεωσ ἦν Φαραώ, καὶ ἐποίει πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐμνήσθη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ οἰνοχόου καὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ σιτοποιοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:20)
  • γῆ, ἣν Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐπισκοπεῖται αὐτὴν διαπαντόσ, οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ ἀπ̓ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ ἕωσ συντελείασ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 11:12)
  • καὶ ὅταν καθίσῃ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ γράψει αὐτῷ τὸ δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο εἰσ βιβλίον παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν Λευιτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 17:18)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

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