ἄρχω?
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration: archō
Principal Part:
ἄρχω
ἄρξω
ἦρξα
ἦρχα
ἦργμαι
ἤρχθην
Structure:
ἄρχ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: pf. pass. ἦργμαι 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 κατ᾿ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ᾿ 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 αὕτη ἐστὶ Βηθλεέμ᾿. (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)
- κινέω (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, )
