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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 τοιοῦτοι ὄντεσ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁρᾷσ οἱᾶ ποιοῦσι καὶ ὡσ φιλοτιμοῦνται πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἀρχῶν πέρι καὶ τιμῶν καὶ κτήσεων ἁμιλλώμενοι, ἅπερ ἅπαντα καταλιπόντασ αὐτοὺσ δεήσει ἕνα ὀβολὸν ἔχοντασ ἥκειν παρ’ ἡμᾶσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 20:1)
  • ἕτεροσ δὲ Θουκυδίδου ζηλωτὴσ ἄκροσ, οἱο͂σ εὖ μάλα τῷ ἀρχετύπῳ εἰκασμένοσ, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὡσ ἐκεῖνοσ σὺν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ ὀνόματι ἤρξατο, χαριεστάτην ἀρχῶν ἁπασῶν καὶ θύμου τοῦ Ἀττικοῦ ἀποπνέουσαν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 152)
  • πρώτην γοῦν τῶν ἐπιφανῶν ἀρχῶν ἀγορανομίαν μετελθών προεκρίθη δεκαδυοῖν ἀνδρῶν συναπογραψαμένων, οὓσ ὕστερον ἅπαντασ ὑπατεῦσαι λέγουσι. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 3 1:1)
  • μέγισται δὲ καὶ πρῶται τῶν ἀρχῶν ἦσαν βασιλεὺσ καὶ πολέμαρχοσ καὶ ἄρχων· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 3 2:1)
  • ὅτι δὲ τελευταία τούτων ἐγένετο τῶν ἀρχῶν, σημεῖον καὶ τὸ μηδὲν τῶν πατρίων τὸν ἄρχοντα διοικεῖν, ὥσπερ ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ ὁ πολέμαρχοσ, ἀλλ’ ἁπλῶσ τὰ ἐπίθετα· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 3 3:5)
  • καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὴν Συχὲμ ὁ υἱὸσ Ἐμμὼρ ὁ Εὐαῖοσ, ὁ ἄρχων τῆσ γῆσ καὶ λαβὼν αὐτήν, ἐκοιμήθη μετ̓ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:2)
  • Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ἦν ὁ ἄρχων τῆσ γῆσ, οὗτοσ ἐπώλει παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆσ γῆσ. ἐλθόντεσ δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:6)
  • οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα καὶ ἡγούμενοσ ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ἕωσ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀποκείμενα αὐτῷ, καὶ αὐτὸσ προσδοκία ἐθνῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:10)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἄρχων ἁμάρτῃ, καὶ ποιήσῃ μίαν ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἣ οὐ ποιηθήσεται, ἀκουσίωσ, καὶ ἁμάρτῃ καὶ πλημμελήσῃ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 4:22)
  • καὶ οἱ παρεμβάλλοντεσ πρῶτοι κατὰ ἀνατολάσ, τάγμα παρεμβολῆσ Ἰούδα σὺν δυνάμει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰούδα, Ναασσὼν υἱὸσ Ἀμιναδάβ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

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