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.
- οἱ γὰρ πρὸ Διονυσίου καὶ Ἱππαρίνου ἀρξάντων Σικελιῶται τότε ὡσ ᾤοντο εὐδαιμόνωσ ἔζων, τρυφῶντέσ τε καὶ ἅμα ἀρχόντων ἄρχοντεσ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 18:2)
- ἐν τοσούτῳ δὴ κινδύνῳ σαλεύοντεσ ἱκέται γινόμεθα ὑμῶν, ὦ πατέρεσ, ἐπισκήπτοντεσ θεούσ τε καὶ δαίμονασ, οἷσ κοινῇ θύομεν, καὶ πολέμων ὑπομιμνήσκοντεσ, οὓσ πολλοὺσ καὶ μεγάλουσ σὺν ὑμῖν ἠράμεθα, μὴ περιιδεῖν ὠμὰ καὶ ἀνόσια ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν παθόντασ ἡμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπαμῦναί τε καὶ συναγανακτῆσαι τιμωρίασ ἡμῖν συνεισπράξαντασ παρὰ τῶν ταῦτα βουλευσαμένων τὰσ προσηκούσασ, μάλιστα μὲν παρὰ πάντων, εἰ δὲ μή γε, παρὰ τῶν ἀρξάντων τῆσ ἀθεμίτου συνωμοσίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 11 1:1)
- τῇ μὲν γὰρ τούτων στερηθείσῃ δουλεία περιέστηκε, τῷ δ’ ἄλλων ἀρξάντων ζῆλοσ ἐγγίγνεται τῆσ τῶν προγόνων διανοίασ. (Lysias, Speeches, 72:3)
- κἀκεῖνο <δ’> ἐνθυμεῖσθε, ὅτι ὁ θεὶσ τὸν περὶ τῶν δοκιμασιῶν νόμον οὐχ ἥκιστα περὶ τῶν ἐν ὀλιγαρχίᾳ ἀρξάντων ἕνεκα ἔθηκεν, ἡγούμενοσ δεινὸν εἶναι, εἰ δι’ οὓσ ἡ δημοκρατία κατελύετο, οὗτοι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ πολιτείᾳ πάλιν ἄρξουσι, καὶ κύριοι γενήσονται τῶν νόμων καὶ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ἣν πρότερον παραλαβόντεσ οὕτωσ αἰσχρῶσ καὶ δεινῶσ ἐλωβήσαντο. (Lysias, Speeches, 11:3)
- ἄδικον, ἀρξάντων δὲ παρασπονδεῖν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ ἑτέρων πρεσβεύεσθαί τε καὶ τὰ δίκαια πρῶτον αἰτεῖν λόγῳ, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ πείθωνται τοῖσ ἀξιουμένοισ, τότ’ ἐπικυροῦν τὸν πόλεμον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 72 6:1)
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, )