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.
- ἔδειξε δὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ χρόνοσ, εἴτε θεῶν τινοσ ἄρξαντοσ εἴτε φυσικῆσ περιόδου τὴν ἀρχαίαν τάξιν ἀνακυκλούσησ εἴτε ἀνθρωπίνησ ὁρμῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὅμοια πολλοὺσ ἀγούσησ, καὶ ἀπέδωκε τῇ μὲν ἀρχαίᾳ καὶ σώφρονι ῥητορικῇ τὴν δικαίαν τιμήν, ἣν καὶ πρότερον εἶχε καλῶσ, ἀπολαβεῖν, τῇ δὲ νέᾳ καὶ ἀνοήτῳ παύσασθαι δόξαν οὐ προσήκουσαν καρπουμένῃ καὶ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοισ ἀγαθοῖσ τρυφώσῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 22)
- ἐπὶ δὲ Θουδήμου τοῦ μετὰ Διότιμον ἄρξαντοσ τόν τε κατὰ Τιμοκράτουσ λόγον ἔγραψε Διοδώρῳ τῷ κρίνοντι παρανόμων τὸν Τιμοκράτη καὶ τὸν περὶ τῆσ Μεγαλοπολιτῶν βοηθείασ δημηγορικὸν αὐτὸσ ἀπήγγειλε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 4 1:2)
- ἐπὶ δὲ Καλλιμάχου τοῦ τρίτου μετὰ Θέελλον ἄρξαντοσ τρεῖσ διέθετο δημηγορίασ παρακαλῶν Ἀθηναίουσ βοήθειαν Ὀλυνθίοισ ἀποστεῖλαι τοῖσ πολεμουμένοισ ὑπὸ Φιλίππου, πρώτην μὲν ἧσ ἐστιν ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ πολλῶν μὲν ἰδεῖν ἄν τισ ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοί μοι δοκεῖ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 4 2:2)
- ἐπὶ δὲ Θεοφράστου τοῦ μετὰ Νικόμαχον ἄρξαντοσ ἐλύθησαν, Ἀθηναίων μὲν Φίλιππον αἰτιωμένων ἄρχειν τοῦ πολέμου, Φιλίππου δὲ Ἀθηναίοισ ἐγκαλοῦντοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 11 1:6)
- ἥψατο δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἀθήνησι ῥητόρων ἡ ποιητική τε καὶ τροπικὴ φράσισ, ὡσ μὲν Τίμαιόσ φησι, Γοργίου ἄρξαντοσ ἡνίκ’ Ἀθήναζε πρεσβεύων κατεπλήξατο τοὺσ ἀκούοντασ τῇ δημηγορίᾳ, ὡσ δὲ τἀληθὲσ ἔχει, τὸ καὶ παλαιότερον αἰεί τι θαυμαζομένη. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 3 3:3)
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, )