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.
- ἀρχόμενοσ μὲν οὖν τῆσ γραφῆσ πάνυ ἀπόρῳ ἐντεύξεσθαι ᾤμην τῷ προβλήματι, προῖόντι δὲ πολλὰ προὐφάνη τὰ λεκτέα. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 4:1)
- εὔχεσθαι δὲ Διὶ χθονίῳ Δημήτερί θ’ ἁγνῇ, ἐκτελέα βρίθειν Δημήτεροσ ἱερὸν ἀκτήν, ἀρχόμενοσ τὰ πρῶτ’ ἀρότου, ὅτ’ ἂν ἄκρον ἐχέτλησ χειρὶ λαβὼν ὁρ́πηκα βοῶν ἐπὶ νῶτον ἵκηαι ἔνδρυον ἑλκόντων μεσάβων. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 53:1)
- οὔκ, ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἀφ’ Ἑστίασ ἀρχόμενοσ ἐπιτρίψω τινά. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:23)
- ὁ δὲ Ἀγησίλαοσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐναντίαν ὁδὸν ἦλθε, καὶ τὸ πολεμεῖν καὶ τὸ προσκρούειν αὐτοῖσ ἐάσασ ἐθεράπευε, πάσησ μὲν ἀπ’ ἐκείνων πράξεωσ ἀρχόμενοσ, εἰ δὲ κληθείη, θᾶττον ἢ βάδην ἐπειγόμενοσ, ὁσάκισ δὲ τύχοι καθήμενοσ ἐν τῷ βασιλικῷ θώκῳ καὶ χρηματίζων, ἐπιοῦσι τοῖσ ἐφόροισ ὑπεξανίστατο, τῶν δ’ εἰσ τὴν γερουσίαν ἀεὶ καταταττομένων ἑκάστῳ χλαῖναν ἔπεμπε καὶ βοῦν ἀριστεῖον. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 4 3:1)
- ὃ μέν τισ ἀπὸ βραχείασ ἀρχόμενοσ καὶ λήγων εἰσ μακράν, ὃ δ’ ἀπὸ μακρᾶσ καὶ λήγων εἰσ βραχεῖαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 178)
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, )