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.
- ὅταν συντελέσῃ ἄνθρωποσ, τότε ἄρχεται, καὶ ὅταν παύσηται, τότε ἀπορηθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:7)
- ἵν’ οὖν ὡσ ἥκιστα περιπίπτωμεν αὐταῖσ, ὑποδεῖξαι βούλομαι τῷ λόγῳ καθάπερ ἐπί τινοσ γραφῆσ ὁποῖὸν τί ἐστιν ἡ διαβολὴ καὶ πόθεν ἄρχεται καὶ ὁποῖα ἐργάζεται. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 2:1)
- τούτοισ ἅπασι προεκπλήξασ τὸ θέατρον καὶ θαυμαστῆσ ἐλπίδοσ ἐμπλήσασ τοὺσ θεατάσ, ἐπειδή ποτε καὶ ᾆσαι καὶ κιθαρίσαι πάντωσ ἔδει, ἀνακρούεται μὲν ἀνάρμοστόν τι καὶ ἀσύντακτον, ἀπορρήγνυσι δὲ τρεῖσ ἅμα χορδὰσ σφοδρότερον τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐμπεσὼν τῇ κιθάρᾳ, ᾄδειν δὲ ἄρχεται ἀπόμουσόν τι καὶ λεπτόν, ὥστε γέλωτα μὲν παρὰ πάντων γενέσθαι τῶν θεατῶν, τοὺσ ἀθλοθέτασ δὲ ἀγανακτήσαντασ ἐπὶ τῇ τόλμῃ μαστιγώσαντασ αὐτὸν ἐκβαλεῖν τοῦ θεάτρου· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 9:3)
- ἦμοσ δὲ χλοερῷ κυανόπτεροσ ἠχέτα τέττιξ ὄζῳ ἐφεζόμενοσ θέροσ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀείδειν ἄρχεται, ᾧ τε πόσισ καὶ βρῶσισ θῆλυσ ἐέρση, καί τε πανημέριόσ τε καὶ ἠώιοσ χέει αὐδὴν ἴδει ἐν αἰνοτάτῳ, ὅτε τε χρόα Σείριοσ ἄζει, τῆμοσ δὴ κέγχροισι πέρι γλῶχεσ τελέθουσι τούσ τε θέρει σπείρουσιν, ὅτ’ ὄμφακεσ αἰόλλονται, οἱᾶ Διώνυσοσ δῶκ’ ἀνδράσι χάρμα καὶ ἄχθοσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 36:3)
- ἄρχεταί τε ἀφ’ ἧσ αἰτίασ ἤρξαντο πρῶτον κακῶσ ποιεῖν τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ οἱ βάρβαροι, καὶ προελθὼν εἰσ τὴν τῶν βαρβάρων κόλασιν καὶ τιμωρίαν λήγει. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 8:3)
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, )