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.
- καθόλου ἐπὶ τῶν εἰσ ξ ληγόντων ὀνομάτων ἐζήτηται τί δή ποτε τῷ αὐτῷ οὐ χρῶνται ἐπὶ γενικῆσ συμφώνῳ τῆσ τελευταίασ συλλαβῆσ τυπωτικῷ λέγω δὲ ὄνυξ καὶ ὄρτυξ, τὰ δὲ εἰσ ξ ἀρσενικὰ ἁπλᾶ δισσύλλαβα ὅταν τῷ ῡ παρεδρεύηται, ἔχῃ δὲ τῆσ τελευταίασ συλλαβῆσ ἄρχον ἕν τι τῶν ἀμεταβόλων ἢ δι’ ὧν ἡ πρώτη συζυγία τῶν βαρυτόνων λέγεται, διὰ τοῦ κ ἐπὶ γενικῆσ κλίνεται, κήρυκοσ, πέλυκοσ, Ἔρυκοσ, Βέβρυκοσ, ὅσα δὲ μὴ τοῦτον ἔχει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 472)
- καὶ τὸν ἀρχὸν ἐπικαλύψασ ἐπιπλόῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 69 2:1)
- ἔστι δὲ ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἄρχον καὶ ἀρχόμενον οὔτε τὸ φυσικὸν οὔτε τὸ βασιλικόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐν τῷ μέρει, οὐδὲ τούτου ἕνεκα ὅπωσ εὖ ποιῇ ὁ θεόσ, ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἴσον ᾖ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ τῆσ λειτουργίασ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 188:1)
- δεῖ δὴ ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ πρὸσ τὸ ἄρχον ζῆν, καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ἕξιν κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τὴν τοῦ ἄρχοντοσ, οἱο͂ν δοῦλον πρὸσ δεσπότου καὶ ἕκαστον πρὸσ τὴν ἑκάστου καθήκουσαν ἀρχήν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 69:2)
- τὸ γὰρ ἄρχον ἐν ἑκάστῳ καὶ κρατοῦν θεῖόν ἐστιν ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὸσ περὶ τούτων φιλοσοφώτερον δοξάζειν καὶ λέγειν, ὡσ πάντων μὲν ὄντα κοινὸν ἀνθρώπων πατέρα τόν θεόν, ἰδίουσ δὲ ποιούμενον ἑαυτοῦ τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 27 6:2)
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, )