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.
- ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐλπίσαντεσ ἄρξειν Σικελίασ παρενόμησαν καὶ παρεσπόνδησαν, ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀναγέγραπται. (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 2:3)
- ταῦτα καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἕτερα πολλὰ κατὰ βασιλέωσ Ἀγρίππα λέγων ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὸν δῆμον εἰσ τὴν ἀπόστασιν ἐρεθίσαι, προσετίθει νῦν εἶναι καιρὸν ἀραμένουσ ὅπλα καὶ Γαλιλαίουσ συμμάχουσ προσλαβόντασ, ἄρξειν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἑκόντων διὰ τὸ πρὸσ τοὺσ Σεπφωρίτασ μῖσοσ ὑπάρχειν αὐτοῖσ, ὅτι τὴν πρὸσ Ῥωμαίουσ πίστιν διαφυλάσσουσιν, μεγάλῃ χειρὶ πρὸσ τὴν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τιμωρίαν τραπέσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, 48:1)
- πείθει δ’ αὐτοὺσ Ιοὖστοσ ἐφ’ ὅπλα χωρῆσαι νεωτέρων αὐτὸσ ἐφιέμενοσ πραγμάτων καὶ δι’ ἐλπίδοσ ἔχων ἄρξειν Γαλιλαίων τε καὶ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδοσ. (Flavius Josephus, 461:2)
- καί ποτε Καλλιππίδησ ὁ τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ὑποκριτήσ, ὄνομα καί δόξαν ἔχων ἐν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι καὶ σπουδαζόμενοσ ὑπὸ πάντων, πρῶτον μὲν ἀπήντησεν αὐτῷ καί προσεῖπεν, ἔπειτα σοβαρῶσ εἰσ τοὺσ συμπεριπατοῦντασ ἐμβαλὼν ἑαυτὸν ἐπεδείκνυτο νομίζων ἐκεῖνον ἄρξειν τινὸσ φιλοφροσύνησ, τέλοσ δὲ εἶπεν· (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 21 4:1)
- ἀναβάντεσ δ’ ἐπὶ τοῦτον ὀμνύουσιν δικαίωσ ἄρξειν καὶ κατὰ τοὺσ νόμουσ, καὶ δῶρα μὴ λήψεσθαι τῆσ ἀρχῆσ ἕνεκα, κἄν τι λάβωσι ἀνδριάντα ἀναθήσειν χρυσοῦν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 55 5:2)
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, )