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.
- ἐφ’ οἷσ πάνυ θαρρήσαντεσ ἐν ἐλπίσι χρησταῖσ ἦσαν, ὡσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Οὐολούσκων συναρουμένων σφίσι τοῦ πολέμου τῆσ Ἀντιατῶν πόλεωσ ἀρξαμένησ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 3 3:2)
- Τοῦτο τέλοσ ἦν τῆσ ἐπὶ Κάνναισ Ἀννίβου τε καὶ Ῥωμαίων μάχησ, ἀρξαμένησ μὲν ὑπὲρ ὡρ́αν δευτέραν, ληξάσησ δὲ πρὸ δύο τῆσ νυκτὸσ ὡρῶν, οὔσησ δ’ ἔτι νῦν ἀοιδίμου Ῥωμαίοισ ἐπὶ συμφορᾷ· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 7:1)
- ἀρξαμένησ δ’ ἐνταῦθα τῆσ νίκησ, οὐδὲ Μουρήνασ ἠλίνυεν ἐπὶ τοῦ λαιοῦ τεταγμένοσ, ἀλλ’ ὀνειδίσασ τοῖσ ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν καὶ γενναίωσ ἐμπεσὼν ἐδίωκε κἀκεῖνοσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 6:5)
- Γάμαλα μὲν οὕτωσ ἑάλω τρίτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι μηνὸσ Ὑπερβερεταίου τῆσ ἀποστάσεωσ ἀρξαμένησ Γορπιαίου μηνὸσ τετάρτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 94:1)
- ἀπώλοντο δ’ ἀρξαμένησ ἑώθεν τῆσ λοιμικῆσ νόσου φθείρειν αὐτοὺσ ἑώσ ὡρ́ασ ἀρίστου μυριάδεσ ἑπτά. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 400:2)
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, )