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.
- προαιρετέον οὖν αὖ τῶν ἀπείρων τὸ κάλλιστον, εἰ μέλλομεν ἄρξεσθαι κατὰ τρόπον. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 233:2)
- ἐπειδὴ τῆσ γε Ὀλυμπικῆσ πανηγύρεωσ ἀπελείφθην τύχῃ τινι ἀδυνάτωσ ἔχων κατὰ τὸ σῶμα συμμετασχεῖν ὑμῖν τῶν γιγνομένων, κινδύνου τε εἰσ ἔσχατον ἐλθὼν ἐκ τοῦ τότε μοι συμπεσόντοσ νοσήματοσ, Διόσ γε σωτῆροσ τυχὼν καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ ἀδελφοῦ Διὸσ ἀσφαλίου, καί τινοσ οἱο͂ν λιμένοσ τῆσ τε παρούσησ ταύτησ ὑγιείασ τε καὶ σωτηρίασ λαβόμενοσ καὶ τῆσ διατριβῆσ τῆσ μεθ’ ὑμῶν, πρὸσ δὲ καὶ λόγου διαγγελθέντοσ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τοιούτου τινὸσ, ὡσ ἄρα ἐπόθουν τινὲσ τὴν ἐμὴν παρουσίαν, καὶ τούτων οἱ ἐμφανέστατοι, οὐ δι’ ἐμὲ τοσοῦτον, ὥσ γε ἐγὼ νομίζω, οὐδὲ διὰ τοὺσ λόγουσ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ, ἀλλ’ ἐνδεικνύμενοι τό τε γενναῖον καὶ τὸ φιλότιμον τὸ περὶ ταῦτα καὶ τὴν πρὸσ τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ τιμήν τε καὶ εὔνοιαν ὁπόσοισ ὁ βίοσ ἐν τούτοισ, ὑφ’ ὧν καὶ πρότερον ἡσθέντασ πολλάκισ ἑαυτοὺσ μέμνηνται καὶ ἡδίουσ γενομένουσ ἐν ταῖσ κοιναῖσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων πανηγύρεσιν, ἔγνων μὴ ὀκνητέον εἶναί μοι διὰ ταῦτα παρελθεῖν εἰσ ὑμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἅμα ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ἀποτιστέον διπλῆν ἔκτισιν δυοῖν ἀδελφοῖν, τὴν μὲν προτέραν τε καὶ πρεσβυτέραν καὶ τρόπον τινὰ εἰωθυῖαν, τὴν δὲ νῦν ἄρξεσθαι μέλλουσαν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:1)
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, )