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Morphology Lemmata ἄρχω (external link: ἄρχω )Forms: ̄ἤρξατο (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀργμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένασ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρξαμένη (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένην (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένοισι (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένου (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένω (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένων (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένῃ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαμένῳ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαίμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρξαίμην (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρξεῦμ' (data provider: perseus), ἀρξεῦμαι (data provider: perseus), ἀρξομένου (data provider: perseus), ἀρξομένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάμενα (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάμενον (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάντων (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάσησ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξάσθω (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρξάτω (data provider: perseus), ἀρξόμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρξόμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἀρξόμενον (data provider: perseus), ἀρξόμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρξόντων (data provider: perseus), ἀρξώμεθ' (data provider: perseus), ἀρξώμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθεῖεν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθεῖμεν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθησομένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθέντα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθήσεται (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθήσομαι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθῆναι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχθῶσι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομέναισ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχομένασ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένη (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένην (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένησ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένοισ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένοισι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχομένοισιν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένου (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένουσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένω (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένωι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένων (data provider: perseus), ἀρχομένῃ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχομένῳ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχουσῶν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχοίμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχοίμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχούσαισ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχούσασ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχούσησ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχούσῃ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχέμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχέσθω (data provider: perseus), ἀρχέτω (data provider: perseus), ἀρχέτωσαν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμαν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμεθά (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχόμεν' (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμενα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμεναι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμενοι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμενον (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμενοσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόμενοί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχόμεσθ' (data provider: perseus), ἀρχόντων (data provider: perseus), ἀρχώμεθ' (data provider: perseus), ἀρχώμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἀρχώμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἄρξα (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιμεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιντο (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιο (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρξαισ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιτε (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαιτο (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαντα (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαντασ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαντι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξαντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασα (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασαν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασθαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασθαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρξασθε (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρξασι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξασιν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξατο (data provider: perseus), ἄρξει (data provider: perseus), ἄρξειαν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξειε (data provider: perseus), ἄρξειεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξειν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξεισ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἄρξετ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρξεται (data provider: perseus), ἄρξετε (data provider: perseus), ἄρξηι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξησθε (data provider: perseus), ἄρξηται (data provider: perseus), ἄρξηταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρξοιντο (data provider: perseus), ἄρξομ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρξομαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξομεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξον (data provider: perseus), ἄρξοντα (data provider: perseus), ἄρξονται (data provider: perseus), ἄρξοντασ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξοντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξοντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξουσ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρξουσαν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξουσι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξουσιν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξω (data provider: perseus), ἄρξωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξωμεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξων (data provider: perseus), ἄρξωνται (data provider: perseus), ἄρξωσι (data provider: perseus), ἄρξωσιν (data provider: perseus), ἄρξῃ (data provider: perseus), ἄρξῃσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχει (data provider: perseus), ἄρχειν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεισ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεο (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεσθ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεσθαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεσθαί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχετ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεται (data provider: perseus), ἄρχεταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχετε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχετο (data provider: perseus), ἄρχηισι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχησθε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχηται (data provider: perseus), ἄρχηταί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχητε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιμεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοισ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιτ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιτε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιτε* (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοιτο (data provider: perseus), ἄρχομ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχομαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχομεν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχον (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντ' (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντα (data provider: perseus), ἄρχονται (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντασ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντε (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντεσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντοσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχοντά (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχοντάσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχοντέσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχοντόσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἄρχου (data provider: perseus), ἄρχουσα (data provider: perseus), ἄρχουσαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχουσαν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχουσι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχουσιν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχω (data provider: perseus), ἄρχωμαι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχων (data provider: perseus), ἄρχωνται (data provider: perseus), ἄρχωσι (data provider: perseus), ἄρχωσιν (data provider: perseus), ἄρχῃ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχῃσ (data provider: perseus), ἄρχῃσι (data provider: perseus), ἅρχειν (data provider: perseus), ἅρχων (data provider: perseus), ἆρχε (data provider: perseus), ἆρχεν (data provider: perseus), ἆρχον (data provider: perseus), ἠργμένη (data provider: perseus), ἠργμένησ (data provider: perseus), ἠργμένοι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠργμένοσ (data provider: perseus), ἠργμένῳ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἠρξάμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἠρξάμεσθα (data provider: perseus), ἠρξάμην (data provider: perseus), ἠρξάσθην (data provider: perseus), ἠρχόμαν (data provider: perseus), ἠρχόμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἠρχόμην (data provider: perseus), ἤργμεθα (data provider: perseus), ἤρξαθ' (data provider: perseus), ἤρξαμεν (data provider: perseus), ἤρξαντο (data provider: perseus), ἤρξασθε (data provider: perseus), ἤρξατ' (data provider: perseus), ἤρξατε (data provider: perseus), ἤρξατο (data provider: perseus), ἤρξατό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἤρξω (data provider: perseus), ἤρχατό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἤρχεθ' (data provider: perseus), ἤρχεσθε (data provider: perseus), ἤρχετε (data provider: perseus), ἤρχετο (data provider: perseus), ἤρχετον (data provider: donatus-sup), ἤρχθην (data provider: perseus), ἤρχομεν (data provider: perseus), ἤρχοντο (data provider: perseus), ἤρχοντό (data provider: donatus-sup), ἤρχου (data provider: perseus), ἤρχω (data provider: donatus-sup), ἦργμαι (data provider: perseus), ἦρκται (data provider: perseus), ἦρκτο (data provider: perseus), ἦρξ' (data provider: perseus), ἦρξα (data provider: perseus), ἦρξαι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἦρξαν (data provider: perseus), ἦρξασ (data provider: perseus), ἦρξε (data provider: perseus), ἦρξεν (data provider: perseus), ἦρχ' (data provider: perseus), ἦρχα (data provider: perseus), ἦρχε (data provider: perseus), ἦρχε̂ (data provider: perseus), ἦρχεν (data provider: perseus), ἦρχεσ (data provider: perseus), ἦρχθαι (data provider: perseus), ἦρχον (data provider: perseus), ἦρχέν (data provider: donatus-sup)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon ἄρχω [Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown. ]: <b><G>a)/rxw</G></b>, reg. in act. and mid., but without perf., and without pass.: I. act., <i>lead off, begin</i> (for others to follow), <i>lead, command;</i> <G>toi=s a)/ra mu=/qwn h)=rxe</G>, was the first to speak; <G>h)=rx' a)goreu/ein, h)=rxe d) o(doi=o</G>, lead the way, Od. 5.237 <G>; pa/ntes a(/ma, *zeu\s d' h)=rxe</G>, headed by Zeus, Il. 1.495; in the sense of commanding, foll. by dat., <G>h)=rxe d' a)/ra sfin</G> <G>*(/ektwr</G>, Il. 16.552, etc.; with part., <G>e)gw\ d' h)=rxon xalepai/nwn</G>, was the first to offend, began the quarrel, Il. 2.378, Il. 3.447, different from the inf.— II. mid., <i>begin</i> something that one is himself to continue; <G>h)/rxeto mu=/qwn</G>, began his or her speaking; <G>h)/rxeto mh=tin u(fai/nein</G>, etc.; <G>e)/k tinos a)/rxesqai</G>, make a beginning with something, or at some point, sometimes gen. without a prep., <G>se/o d' a)/rcomai, *i 97</G>, Od. 21.142; of ritual observance (beginning <pb n=49> a sacrifice), <G>pa/ntwn a)rxo/menos mele/wn</G>, Od. 14.428 (cf. <XREF name="a)pa/rxomai"><G>a)pa/rxomai</G></XREF>). Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon ἄρχω ἄρχω , Ep. inf. ἀρχέμεναι Il. 20.154 : impf. ἦρχον ib.2.378, etc.; Dor. ἆρχον Pi. O. 10(11).51 : fut. ἄρξω Od. 4.667 , A. Pr. 940, Th. 1.144: aor. ἦρξα, Ep. ἄρξα Od. 14.230 , etc.: pf. ἦρχα CIG 3487.14 (Thyatira ), Decr. ap. Plu. 2.851f:— Med., Od. 8.90, etc.; non-thematic part. ἄρχμενοσ Call. Aet. 3.1.56 , al.: impf. , Il. 9.93, Hdt. 5.28: fut. ἄρξομαι (in med. sense, v. infr.) Il. 9.97, E. IA 442, X. Cyr. 8.8.2; Dor. ἀρξεῦμαι Theoc. 7.95 : aor. ἠρξάμην Od. 23.310 , etc.:— Pass., pf. ἦργμαι only in med. sense, v. infr. 1.2: aor. ἤρχθην, ἀρχθῆναι Th. 6.18 , Arist. Pol. 1277b13, v. infr.11.4:—to be first,
I. in Time, begin, make a beginning, Act. and Med. (in Hom. the Act. is more freq., in Att. Prose the Med., esp. where personal action is emphasized), πολέμου ἄρχειν to be the aggressor, Th. 1.53 ; π. ἄρχεσθαι to begin one's operations, X. HG 6.3.6; ἄρχειν τοῦ λόγου to open a conversation, Id. An. 1.6.6; ἄρχεσθαι τοῦ λόγου to begin one's speech, ib.3.2.7. Constr.:
1. mostly c. gen., make a beginning of, ἄρχειν πολέμοιο Il. 4.335 ; μύθων Od. 3.68 ; τῶν ἀδικημάτων πρῶτον τοῦτο ἄρξαι Hdt. 1.2 ; ἦρξεν ἐμβολῆσ A. Pers. 409 ; τοῦ κακοῦ ib.353; ἄρχειν χειρῶν ἀδίκων, ἄρχειν τῆς πληγῆς, strike the first blow, Antipho 4.2.1 and 2:— in Med. in religious sense, = ἀπάρχεσθαι, ἀρχόμενος μελέων beginning with the limbs, Od. 14.428, cf. E. Ion 651; but Act., σπονδαῖσιν ἄρξαι Pi. I. 6(5).37 .
2. c. gen., begin from or with .., ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω σέο δ' ἄρξομαι Il. 9.97 ; ἄρχεσθαι Διόσ Pi. N. 5.25 ; πόθεν ἄρξωμαι ; A. Ch. 855; πόθεν ποτὲ ἦρκται Hp. VM 5 ; ἄρχεσθαι, ἦρχθαι ἔκ τινος, Od. 23.199, Hp. Off. 11; ἀπό τινοσ freq. in Prose, ἀρξάμενοι αὐτίκα ἀπὸ παιδίων even from boyhood, Hdt. 3.12; but more commonly ἐκ παίδων, ἐκ παιδός, etc., Pl. R. 408d, Thg. 128d:—ἀπό in non-temporal relations, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ σοῦ. i.e. including yourself, Pl. Grg. 471c, cf. D. 18.297; ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων X. Mem. 3.5.15 ; μέχρι τῶν δώδεκα ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρξάμενοσ Pl. Lg. 771c ; ἀφ' ἱερῶν ἠργμένη ἀρχή ib.771a; ἀφ' Ἑστίας ἀρχόμενοσ Ar. V. 846 .
3. c. gen. rei et dat. pers., ἄρχε θεοῖς δαιτόσ begin a banquet to the gods, Il. 15.95; τοῖς ἄρα μύθων ἦρχε 2.433 , etc.; τῇσι δὲ ..ἄρχετο μολπῆσ Od. 6.101 ; ἦρξε τῇ πόλει ἀνομίας τὸ νόσημα Th. 2.53 , cf. 12; τὴν ἡμέραν ἄρχειν ἐλευθερίας τῇ Ἑλλάδι X. HG 2.2.23 ; ἡμὶν οὐ σμικρῶν κακῶν ἦρξεν τὸ δῶρον S. Tr. 871 .
4. c. acc., ἄρχειν ὁδόν τινι, show him the way, Od. 8.107 (but also ἄρχειν ὁδοῖο lead the way, 5.237): abs. (sc. ὁδόν ), ἄρχε δ' Ἀθήνη 3.12 ; σὺ μὲν ἄρχε Il. 9.69 ; ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρχε λέχοσδε κιών 3.447 ; ἦρχε δ' ἄρα σφιν Ἄρησ 5.592 , cf. infr. 11.2: with other accusatives, ἄρχειν ὕμνον Pi. N. 3.10 ; ἅπερ ἦρξεν A. Ag. 1529 (lyr.); λυπηρόν τι S. El. 552 ; ὕβριν Id. Fr. 368 .
5. of actions, σέο δ' ἕξεται ὅττι κεν ἄρχῃ Il. 9.102 : freq. c. inf. , τοῖσιν δ' ἦρχ' ἀγορεύειν among them, Il. 1.571, etc.; ἦρχε νέεσθαι, ἦρχ' ἴμεν, 2.84, 13.329; ἄρχετε νῦν νέκυας φορέειν Od. 22.437 , etc.; ὑφαίνειν ἤρχετο μῆτιν Il. 7.324 ; ἤρξαντο οἰκοδομεῖν Th. 1.107 ; ἡ νόσος ἤρξατο γενέσθαι Id. 2.47 : c. part. , of continued action or condition, ἦρχον χαλεπαίνων Il. 2.378 ; ἢν ἄρξῃ ἀδικέων Hdt. 4.119 ; ἡ ψυχὴ ἄρχεται ἀπολείπουσα X. Cyr. 8.7.26 ; πόθεν ἂν ὀρθῶς ἀρξαίμεθα ἐπαινοῦντες; Pl. Mx. 237a , cf. Tht. 187a (but ἄ. ἐπαινεῖν Id. Phdr. 241e ); ἄρξομαι διδάσκων X. Cyr. 8.8.2 (but ἤρξω μανθάνειν Id. Mem. 3.5.22 ).
6. abs., ἄρχε take the lead! Il. 9.69 : generally, begin, ἄρχειν [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] τήνδε τὴν ἡμέραν Indut. ap. Th. 4.118, cf. Lex ap.D. 24.42; τὸ ἄρχον, opp. τὸ ἑπόμενον, Dam. Pr. 234: part. ἀρχόμενοσ at first, X. Eq. 9.3 , Cyn. 3.8, Isoc. 2.54; at the beginning, ἀρχομένου δὲ πίθου καὶ λήγοντοσ Hes. Op. 368 , cf. Fr. 192.4; ἀρχομένοισιν ἢ καταπαυομένοισι Ar. Eq. 1246 ; ἄρχεται ὁ πόλεμος ἐνθένδε Th. 2.1 ; ἅμα ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ ibid.; θέρους εὐθὺς ἀρχομένου ib.47.
7. Gramm., of a word, ἄ. ἀπὸ φωνήεντοσ D.T. 633.27 ; ἡ ἄρχουσα (sc. συλλαβή ) A.D. Synt. 130.13.
II. in point of Place or Station, rule, govern, command,
1. mostly c. gen., rule, be leader of .., Βοιωτῶν Il. 2.494 , cf. Hdt. 5.1, etc.
2. less freq. c. dat., ἀνδράσιν ἦρξα Od. 14.230 , cf. 471, Il. 2.805, Pi. P. 3.4, A. Pr. 940, E. Andr. 666, IA 337, IG 7.2830 (Hyettus ), etc.; also ἐν δ' ἄρα τοῖσιν ἦρχ' held command among them, Il. 13.690, cf. Pl. Phdr. 238a: c. inf. added, ἄρχε Μυρμιδόνεσσι μάχεσθαι led them on to fight, Il. 16.65.
3. abs., rule, ὅσον τό τ' ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δουλεύειν δίχα A. Pr. 927 , cf. Pers. 774; esp. hold a magistracy, ὁκοῖόν τε εἴη ἄρχειν μετὰ τὸ βασιλεύειν Hdt. 6.67 ; at Athens, etc., to be archon, D. 21.178; ἀρχάς, ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, Hdt. 3.80, Th. 6.54; ἄρχειν τὴν ἐπώνυμον (with or without ἀρχήν ) IG 3.659, 693, SIG 872.7.
4. Pass., with fut. ἄρξομαι Hdt. 7.159 , Pi. O. 8.45, A. Pers. 589, Lys. 28.7; but ἀρχθήσομαι Arist. Pol. 1259b40 , D.C. 65.10:—to be ruled, governed, etc., ὑπό τινοσ Hdt. 1.127 ; ἔκ τινοσ S. El. 264 , Ant. 63; ὑπό τινι Hdt. 1.91 , 103; σφόδρα ὑπό τινοσ Lys. 12.92 ; ἄρχε πρῶτον μαθὼν ἄρχεσθαι Sol. ap.D.L. 1.60, cf. Pl. Prt. 326d; δύνασθαι καὶ ἄρχεσθαι καὶ ἄρχειν Arist. Pol. 1277b14 ; οἱ ἀρχόμενοι subjects, X. An. 2 6.19, etc.William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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