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.
- ἐρεῖσ μὲν οὐχὶ νῦν γέ μ’ ὡσ ἄρξασά τι λυπηρὸν εἶτα σοῦ τάδ’ ἐξήκουσ’ ὕπο· (Sophocles, episode 1:1)
- ἡ δ’ ἀνὰ κῦμ’ ἄρξασα καὶ ἐν χθονὶ πατρὶσ Ἀθήνη νῦν κάλλει δούλην Ἑλλάδ’ ὑπηγάγετο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 55 1:1)
- τῶν μὲν οὖν ἥδε ἡ πόλισ ἄρξασα καὶ πάντα τὸν πόλεμον διαπολεμήσασα ἐλέγετο, τῶν δ’ οἱ τῆσ Ἀτλαντίδοσ νήσου βασιλῆσ, ἣν δὴ Λιβύησ καὶ Ἀσίασ μείζω νῆσον οὖσαν ἔφαμεν εἶναί ποτε, νῦν δὲ ὑπὸ σεισμῶν δῦσαν ἄπορον πηλὸν τοῖσ ἐνθένδε ἐκπλέουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ πᾶν πέλαγοσ, ὥστε μηκέτι πορεύεσθαι, κωλυτὴν παρασχεῖν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 17:3)
- συναχθέντοσ δὲ αὐταῖσ τοῦ συνεδρίου τῶν προβούλων καὶ κελεύσαντοσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἥκουσι λέγειν ἡ τοῦ βουλεύματοσ ἄρξασα καὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ἔχουσα τῆσ πρεσβείασ Ἑρσιλία μακρὰν καὶ συμπαθῆ διεξῆλθε δέησιν, ἀξιοῦσα χαρίσασθαι τὴν εἰρήνην ταῖσ δεομέναισ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, δι’ ἃσ ἐξενηνέχθαι τὸν πόλεμον ἀπέφαινεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 45 7:2)
- οἱᾶ καὶ ἡ Καρχηδονίων πόλισ, ἡ τῆσ Λιβύησ μεγίστη καὶ δυνατωτάτη ναυσὶ καὶ χρήμασιν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἐλέφασι καὶ στρατῷ πεζῷ τε καὶ ἱππικῷ, καὶ ὑπηκόοισ πολλοῖσ, ἑπτακοσίοισ ἔτεσιν ἀνθήσασα, καὶ Λιβύησ πάσησ καὶ ἄλλων ἐθνῶν καὶ νήσων καὶ θαλάσσησ τοσῆσδε ἄρξασα, καὶ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ ἐσ ἀμφήριστον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐλθοῦσα, νῦν οὐκ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ταῖσ ναυσίν, οὐδ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἐλέφασι καὶ ἵπποισ, οὐδ’ ἐν τοῖσ ὑπηκόοισ, ὧν πάντων ὑμῖν ἀφίσταται, τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆσ σωτηρίασ, ἀλλ’ ἐν αὐτοῖσ ὑμῖν ἔχει τοῖσ προπεπονθόσι κακῶσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 8 3:4)
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, )