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.
- εἴχομεν δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ ἡμεῖσ ταύτην τὴν γνώμην, ὅτε τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἤρχομεν, καὶ ἐδοκοῦμεν καλῶσ βουλεύεσθαι, περιορῶντεσ μὲν τὴν χώραν τεμνομένην, οὐ νομίζοντεσ δὲ χρῆναι περὶ αὐτῆσ διαμάχεσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33 6:3)
- τότε μὲν ἡμεῖσ ἤρχομεν, νῦν δ’ αἱ γυναῖκεσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 3:23)
- ἡμεῖσ δὲ ὄντεσ ἐλεύθεροι προσέτι καὶ τῶν πέριξ πόλεων ἤρχομεν ἔτη σχεδὸν εἴκοσί που καὶ ρ μέχρι Μάγνου Πομπηίου, καὶ πάντων ἐκπολεμηθέντων πρὸσ Ῥωμαίων τῶν πανταχοῦ βασιλέων μόνοι διὰ πίστιν οἱ παρ’ ἡμῖν σύμμαχοι καὶ φίλοι διεφυλάχθησαν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 80:1)
- οὔτε γὰρ ἂν αὐτοὶ ἐπεχειροῦμεν πράττειν ἃ μὴ ἠπιστάμεθα, ἀλλ’ ἐξευρίσκοντεσ τοὺσ ἐπισταμένουσ ἐκείνοισ ἂν παρεδίδομεν, οὔτε τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἐπετρέπομεν, ὧν ἤρχομεν, ἄλλο τι πράττειν ἢ ὅτι πράττοντεσ ὀρθῶσ ἔμελλον πράξειν ‐ τοῦτο δ’ ἦν ἄν, οὗ ἐπιστήμην εἶχον ‐ καὶ οὕτω δὴ ὑπὸ σωφροσύνησ οἰκία τε οἰκουμένη ἔμελλεν καλῶσ οἰκεῖσθαι, πόλισ τε πολιτευομένη, καὶ ἄλλο πᾶν οὗ σωφροσύνη ἄρχοι· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 404:4)
- εἴχομεν δέ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ ἡμεῖσ ταύτην τὴν γνώμην, ὅτε τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἤρχομεν, καὶ ἐδοκοῦμεν καλῶσ βουλεύεσθαι περιορῶντεσ μὲν τὴν χώραν τεμνομένην, οὐ νομίζοντεσ δὲ χρῆναι περὶ αὐτῆσ διαμάχεσθαι· (Lysias, Speeches, 12:1)
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, )