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 δεδοικὼσ μὴ παντάπασιν ἐκμανεὶσ ὑπὸ κενῆσ δόξησ καὶ ὄγκου φθάσῃ τι κακὸν ἀπεργασάμενοσ, λαθὼν ἅπαντασ ἐξῆλθε καὶ παραγενόμενοσ εἰσ τὸ στρατόπεδον καὶ καταλαβὼν τὸν Μινούκιον οὐκέτι καθεκτόν, ἀλλὰ βαρὺν καὶ τετυφωμένον καὶ παρὰ μέροσ ἄρχειν ἀξιοῦντα, τοῦτο μὲν οὐ συνεχώρησε, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν διενείματο πρὸσ αὐτόν, ὡσ μέρουσ μόνοσ ἄρξων βέλτιον ἢ πάντων παρὰ μέροσ, καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τῶν ταγμάτων καὶ τέταρτον αὐτὸσ ἔλαβε, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον καὶ τρίτον ἐκείνῳ παρέδωκεν, ἐπίσησ καὶ τῶν συμμαχικῶν διανεμηθέντων. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 10 3:1)
- οἵ τε γὰρ προσνεμηθέντεσ αὐτοῖσ τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἡγεμόνα ἕκαστοι κυδαίνοντεσ ὡσ ἐπιτήδειον ἁπάντων ἄρχειν ἐπῆρον, αὐτοί τε οὐκέτι μίαν γνώμην ἔχοντεσ οὐδὲ ἀδελφὰ διανοεῖσθαι ἀξιοῦντεσ, ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἄρξων ἑκάτεροσ θατέρου, παρώσαντεσ τὸ ἴσον τοῦ πλείονοσ ὠρέγοντο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 85 7:1)
- ὅσον γε μὴν χρόνον ἐπὶ τῇ ἀρχῇ ἔμεινε πῶσ οὐκ ἀξιεπαίνου βασιλέωσ καὶ τοῦτ’ ἔργον ἐπεδείξατο, ὅστισ παραλαβὼν πάσασ πόλεισ ἐφ’ ἃσ ἄρξων ἐξέπλευσε στασιαζούσασ διὰ τὸ τὰσ πολιτείασ κινηθῆναι, ἐπεὶ Ἀθηναῖοι τῆσ ἀρχῆσ ἔληξαν, ἐποίησεν ὥστ’ ἄνευ φυγῆσ καὶ θανάτων ἑώσ αὐτὸσ παρῆν ὁμονόωσ πολιτευομένασ καὶ εὐδαίμονασ τὰσ πόλεισ διατελέσαι; (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 39:1)
- ἐμοὶ μὲν γὰρ καθαπερεὶ κόσμοσ τισ ἀσώματοσ ἄρξων καλῶσ ἐμψύχου σώματοσ ὁ νῦν λόγοσ ἀπειργάσθαι φαίνεται. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 321:6)
- οὔτε γὰρ δικαστὴσ οὔτε θεατὴσ ὥσπερ ποιηταῖσ ἐπιτιμήσων τε καὶ ἄρξων ἐπιστατεῖ παρ’ ἡμῖν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 191:1)
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, )