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.
- ἑπτά ἑβδομάδασ ἐξαριθμήσεισ σεαυτῷ. ἀρξαμένου σου δρέπανον ἐπ̓ ἀμητόν, ἄρξῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδασ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 16:9)
- Τιμοκλῆσ, ὦ Ἥρα, ὁ Στωϊκὸσ καὶ Δᾶμισ ὁ Ἐπικούρειοσ χθέσ, οὐκ οἶδα ὅθεν σφίσιν ἀρξαμένου τοῦ λόγου, προνοίασ πέρι διελεγέσθην παρόντων μάλα συχνῶν καὶ δοκίμων ἀνθρώπων, ὅπερ μάλιστα ἠνίασέ με· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 4:1)
- παυσαμένου δὲ τοῦ Πεμπτίδου καὶ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἀρξαμένου τι περὶ τούτων λέγειν, ἕτεροσ ἧκεν ἐκ πόλεωσ, τὸν Ἀνθεμίωνα μεταπεμπομένησ τῆσ Ἰσμηνοδώρασ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 131)
- προελθόντοσ δ’ αὐτοῦ πάντεσ ἡσυχίαν τῷ λόγῳ παρέσχον ὅτι δ’ οὐ πᾶσι πρὸσ ἡδονὴν ἐγεγόνει τὸ ἔργον, ἐδήλωσαν ἀρξαμένου λέγειν Κίννα καὶ κατηγορεῖν Καίσαροσ ἀναρρηγνύμενοι πρὸσ ὀργὴν καὶ κακῶσ τὸν Κίνναν λέγοντεσ, ὥστε πάλιν τοὺσ ἄνδρασ εἰσ τὸ Καπετώλιον ἀπελθεῖν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 18 6:2)
- τοιαύτη δὲ τισ ἦν, ὡσ ἐοίκε, τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἡ τῶν λόγων σειρὴν καὶ χάρισ, ὥστε ἀρξαμένου λέγειν καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι τὸν θάνατον ἅψασθαι μὲν οὐδεὶσ ἐτόλμησεν οὐδὲ ἀντιβλέψαι, κάτω δὲ κύψαντεσ ἐδάκρυον ἅπαντεσ, διατριβῆσ δὲ γενομένησ ἀναβὰσ ὁ Ἄννιοσ ὁρᾷ τὸν μὲν Ἀντώνιον διαλεγόμενον, τοὺσ δὲ στρατιώτασ ἐκπεπληγμένουσ καὶ κατακεκηλημένουσ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ· (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 44 4:1)
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, )