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.
- ἠρεύνησε δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἀρξάμενοσ, ἕωσ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ εὗρε τὸ κόνδυ ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ τοῦ Βενιαμίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:12)
- ἀρξάμενοσ ὁ Κύριοσ τρωσάτω με, εἰσ τέλοσ δὲ μή με ἀνελέτω. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:9)
- ὡσ δὴ μικρὰ μεγάλοισ εἰκάζειν, ἢν ἐθέλῃσ ἀρξάμενοσ ἀπὸ τῆσ τοῦ σωροῦ κορυφῆσ ἐφ̓ ἕκαστον τούτων, ἀφ̓ ὧν σύγκειται, καταβαίνειν, ὄψει ὅτι μεγέθει καὶ σμικρότητι διαλλάττομεν τῶν ἀκροτάτων, τα δ̓ ἄλλα μισθοφόροι ὁμοίωσ ἅπαντεσ. (Lucian, Apologia 31:3)
- μέχρι τοῦδ’ εὑρισκομένων δώδεκα λόγων, ὧν εἴρηκα, δημοσίων, ἐν οἷσ εἰσι δημηγορικοὶ μὲν ἑπτά, δικανικοὶ δὲ πέντε, ἅπαντεσ ἐγένοντο πρότεροι τῶν Ἀριστοτέλουσ τεχνῶν, ὡσ ἔκ τε τῶν ἱστορουμένων περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἀποδείξω καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γραφέντων, ἐντεῦθεν ἀρξάμενοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 4 3:1)
- ἀρξάμενοσ γὰρ τὰσ ὠφελείασ ἐπιδεικνύειν, ἃσ περιείληφεν ὁ ῥητορικὸσ λόγοσ, ταῦτα κατὰ λέξιν γράφει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 6 1:2)
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, )