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.
- καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ̓ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ ἀρχέτωσαν τῶν ἰχθύων τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ γῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:26)
- ἐγὼ δὲ ἡνίκα ἠρχόμην ἐκ Μεσοποταμίασ τῆσ Συρίασ, ἀπέθανε Ραχὴλ ἡ μήτηρ σου ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἐγγίζοντόσ μου κατὰ τὸν ἱππόδρομον Χαβραθὰ τῆσ γῆσ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν Ἐφραθά, καὶ κατώρυξα αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου αὑ̔́τη ἐστὶ Βηθλεέμ̓. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:7)
- συμπάντων δὲ τούτων ἀρχέτω Δημήτριοσ. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 4:1)
- καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ τοιοῦτοσ ἦν ὢν τηλικοῦτοσ, ἡνίκ’ ἠρχόμην ποιεῖν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 1:14)
- καὶ πρῶτα μέν μοι τοῦ λόγου τάδ’ ἀρχέτω· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 6:2)
- πολλῆσ γὰρ ἄρχω κἀνθάδ’ ὢν τυραννίδοσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:9)
- ἄρχω δὲ καὶ τῆσ Ἀρκαδίασ ἁπάσησ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:4)
- νῦν γὰρ ἤδη τοίχου ἄρχω τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ σὺ ἡμῶν ὑπερορᾷσ, πρῴην δὲ ὁπότε τὰ Ἀφροδίσια ἦν, οὐχὶ δραχμὴν ἔθηκα πρὸσ τοῖν ποδοῖν τῆ Ἀφροδίτησ σοῦ ἕνεκεν ἀργυρᾶν; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:1)
- παῦε δουλείαν λέγων, ὅστισ ἄρχω τῶν ἁπάντων. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:18)
- ἆρ’ οὐ μεγάλην ἀρχὴν ἄρχω καὶ τοῦ Διὸσ οὐδὲν ἐλάττω, ὅστισ ἀκούω ταὔθ’ ἅπερ ὁ Ζεύσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme 2:6)
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, )