ἄρχω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἄρχω
ἄρξω
ἦρξα
ἦρχα
ἦργμαι
ἤρχθην
Structure:
ά̓ρχ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: pf. pass. h)=rgmai only in mid. sense
Sense
- I am first
- I begin
- I lead, rule, govern, command
Conjugation
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.
- ἐν γὰρ δὴ τοῖσ πρὸ ἡμῶν χρόνοισ ἡ μὲν ἀρχαία καὶ φιλόσοφοσ ῥητορικὴ προπηλακιζομένη καὶ δεινὰσ ὕβρεισ ὑπομένουσα κατελύετο, ἀρξαμένη μὲν ἀπὸ τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνοσ τελευτῆσ ἐκπνεῖν καὶ μαραίνεσθαι κατ’ ὀλίγον, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆσ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ ἡλικίασ μικροῦ δεήσασα εἰσ τέλοσ ἠφανίσθαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 12)
- κρεῖττον δὲ ἦν διεξελθόντα πάντα τελευτὴν ποιήσασθαι τῆσ ἱστορίασ τὴν θαυμασιωτάτην καὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ ἀκούουσι κεχαρισμένην, τὴν κάθοδον τῶν φυγάδων τῶν ἀπὸ Φυλῆσ ἀφ’ ὧν ἡ πόλισ ἀρξαμένη τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀνεκομίσατο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 10:3)
- ἀλλὰ τό γε ἐν τῷ παρόντι μοι κεφάλαιον τοῦ λόγου τοῦτό ἐστιν, τὴν νῦν ὄρχησιν καθεστῶσαν ἐπαινέσαι καὶ δεῖξαι ὅσα ἐν αὑτῇ τερπνὰ καὶ χρήσιμα περιλαβοῦσα ἔχει, οὐ πάλαι ἀρξαμένη ἐσ τοσοῦτο κάλλοσ ἐπιδιδόναι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν Σεβαστὸν μάλιστα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 34:2)
- ἐπελαύνουσι δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ πρόσθεν ἐγκλίνοντεσ ἐπὶ δόρυ, ἐπελαυνόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τοῦ βήματοσ ἄρξαμένη ἄλλη ἐπέλασισ γίγνεται ἐσ κύκλον ἐπιστρέφουσα. (Arrian, chapter 40 5:1)
- ὥστε θαυμάζω εἴ τι σαφὲσ εἰπεῖν ἐδύνατο μὴ παρακολουθήσασ ἐκείνοισ, ἀφ’ ὧν ἀρξαμένη ἐσ τὸ αἷμα ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτοῖσ ἡ φιλονεικία. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 1:8)
Synonyms
-
I am first
-
I begin
- καθηγέομαι (to begin)
- ἐπάρχω (to begin)
- ἐνίστημι (to begin)
- ἐξάρχω (to begin with, make a beginning of)
- ὑπάρχω ( to make a beginning of, begin)
- ὑπάρχω (to begin, make a beginning, )
- ἀρχηγετέω (to make a beginning)
- κατάρχω (to make a beginning, to begin, is beginning)
- προενάρχομαι (to begin before)
- πρόειμι (to pass on to, begin)
- κῑνέω (I begin, cause)
- ἐνάρχομαι (to begin the offering)
- ἀναμέλπω (to begin to sing)
- ἐξάρχω (to begin, address)
- ὑπάρχω ( to begin doing)
- ὁρμάω (starts, started, to begin)
- ἀνερυθριάω (to begin to blush, blush up)
- ὑποπεινάω (to be hungry, to begin to be hungry)
- κατάρχω (to make beginning of, to lead, to begin)
-
I lead
Derived
- ἀπάρχομαι (to make a beginning, to begin the sacrifice with, by cutting off)
- ἐνάρχομαι (to begin the offering)
- ἐξάρχω (to begin with, make a beginning of, to begin)
- ἐπάρχω (to be governor of, to rule in addition to, to begin)
- κατάρχω (to make beginning of, to lead, to begin)
- προενάρχομαι (to begin before)
- προκατάρχομαι (to begin, before, to begin hostilities)
- προσυπάρχω (to exist besides, besides I could)
- προυπάρχω (to be beforehand in, to make a beginning of, to begin with)
- συνάρχω (to rule jointly with, to be a colleague in office, a colleague)
- ὑπάρχω (to begin, make a beginning, )