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.
- τοὐντεῦθεν οἱ μὲν οὐκέτι ἐτάραττον, ἀλλ’ ὑπήκουον, ἐγὼ δὲ ἦρχον, ἡ πόλισ δὲ ἀστασίαστοσ ἦν. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 3:1)
- ἦρχον μὲν οὐκ ὀλίγησ χώρασ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, παμφόρου τινὸσ καὶ πλήθει ἀνθρώπων καὶ κάλλει πόλεων ἐν ταῖσ μάλιστα θαυμάζεσθαι ἀξίασ ποταμοῖσ τε ναυσιπόροισ καταρρεομένησ καὶ θαλάττῃ εὐόρμῳ χρωμένησ, καὶ στρατιὰ ἦν πολλὴ καὶ ἵπποσ συγκεκροτημένη καὶ δορυφορικὸν οὐκ ὀλίγον καὶ τριήρεισ καὶ χρημάτων πλῆθοσ ἀνάριθμον καὶ χρυσὸσ πάμπολυσ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τραγῳδία πᾶσα ἐσ ὑπερβολὴν ἐξωγκωμένη, ὥστε ὁπότε προϊοίμι, οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ προσεκύνουν καὶ θεόν τινα ὁρᾶν ᾤοντο καὶ ἄλλοι ἐπ’ ἄλλοισ συνέθεον ὀψόμενοί με, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέγη ἀνιόντεσ ἐν μεγάλῳ ἐτίθεντο ἀκριβῶσ ἑωρακέναι τὸ ζεῦγοσ, τὴν ἐφεστρίδα, τὸ διάδημα, τοὺσ προπομπεύοντασ, τοὺσ ἑπομένουσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 24:6)
- ὡσ δ’ οὐχὶ θεοὶ τοίνυν ἦρχον τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸ παλαιόν, ἀλλ’ ὄρνιθεσ, κἀβασίλευον, πόλλ’ ἐστὶ τεκμήρια τούτων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme21)
- ἦρχον δ’ οὕτω σφόδρα τὴν ἀρχήν, ὥστ’ εἴ τισ καὶ βασιλεύοι ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν τῶν Ἑλλήνων Ἀγαμέμνων ἢ Μενέλαοσ, ἐπὶ τῶν σκήπτρων ἐκάθητ’ ὄρνισ μετέχων ὅ τι δωροδοκοίη. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme 1:11)
- ἦρχον δὲ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ τοῖσ Συρακοσίοισ Σικανὸσ μὲν καὶ Ἀγάθαρχοσ, κέρασ ἑκάτεροσ τοῦ παντὸσ ἔχων, Πυθὴν δὲ καὶ οἱ Κορίνθιοι τὸ μέσον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 26 1:3)
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, )