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.
- τῶνδε γὰρ ἄρχομεν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests5)
- δεινότατα γάρ τοι πεισόμεσθ’, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, εἰ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἄρχομεν, ὑμεῖσ δ’ οἱ θεοὶ ἀκολαστανεῖτε, κοὐδέπω γνώσεσθ’ ὅτι ἀκροατέον ὑμῖν ἐν μέρει τῶν κρειττόνων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 2:3)
- ἔπειτα εὐσχήμονα πρόθεσιν ὑποθέμενοσ ἡ μέντοι ξύνοδοσ καὶ περὶ σωτηρίασ ἤδη πάρεστι, καὶ ὁ λόγοσ, ᾧ προκαλεῖσθε τρόπῳ, εἰ δοκεῖ, γιγνέσθω πρῶτον μὲν εἴρηκεν ἐνθύμημα οὔτε τῆσ Ἀθηναίων πόλεωσ ἄξιον οὔτ’ ἐπὶ τοιούτοισ πράγμασιν ἁρμόττον λέγεσθαι ἡμεῖσ τοίνυν οὔτε αὐτοὶ μετ’ ὀνομάτων καλῶν, ὡσ ἢ δικαίωσ τὸν Μῆδον καταλύσαντεσ ἄρχομεν, ἢ ἀδικούμενοι νῦν ἐπεξερχόμεθα, λόγων μῆκοσ ἄπιστον παρέξομεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 38 1:2)
- οὐχ ἑώσ ἔτι τῶν ἰδίων ξιφῶν ἄρχομεν καὶ τὴν Λακωνικὴν ἀφορῶμεν, ἐνταῦθα τῆσ τύχησ ἀπαλλάξαντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ ἀπολογησόμεθα τοῖσ ἐν Σελασίᾳ κειμένοισ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Σπάρτησ, ἀλλ’ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καθεδούμεθα πυνθανόμενοι τίνα τῆσ Λακεδαίμονοσ σατράπην Ἀντίγονοσ ἀπολέλοιπε; (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 31 1:9)
- αἰσθήσιοσ γάρ ἐστι νάρκη, καὶ γνώμησ νάρκωσισ ἠδὲ τοῦ νοῦ ὑπὸ ψύξιοσ· μανίη δὲ θερμόν τι καὶ ξηρὸν τῇ αἰτίῃ, καὶ ταραχῶδ εσ τῇσι πρήξεσι· ἡ μὲν γὰρ λήρησισ ἀρχομέν η ἀπὸ γήραοσ οὔτε διαλείπει, καὶ ξυναποθνήσκει· μανίη δὲ καὶ διαλείπει καὶ μελεδῶνι ἐσ τέλοσ ἀποπαύεται· διάλειψισ δὲ ἀτελὴσ, ἢν τῷ τῆσ μανίησ λόγῳ γίγνηται, οὐκ εἰκότωσ ἀκεομέν ου τοῦ κακοῦ ἰητρείῃ, ἢ τῆσ ὡρ́ησ εὐκρασίῃ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 56)
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, )