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Morphology Lemmata ἀρχή (external link: ἀρχή )Forms: ἀρχαὶ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχαί (data provider: perseus), ἀρχαῖν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχαῖσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχαῖσι (data provider: perseus), ἀρχαῖσιν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχὰ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχὰν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχὰσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχά (data provider: perseus), ἀρχά̄σ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχάν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχάσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχέων (data provider: perseus), ἀρχὴ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχὴν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχή (data provider: perseus), ἀρχήν (data provider: perseus), ἀρχᾶσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχᾷ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχῆσ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχῇ (data provider: perseus), ἀρχῇσι (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχῇσιν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχῇσί (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχῇσίν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἀρχῶν (data provider: perseus), ἁρχαί (data provider: perseus), ἁρχὴ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἁρχήν (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon ἀρχή ἀρχή , ἡ , (v. ἄρχω ) beginning, origin, νείκεος ἀ. Il. 22.116 ; πήματοσ Od. 8.81 ; φόνου 21.4 , etc.; opp. τέλος, Hdt. 7.51, etc.; opp. τελευτή, Thgn. 607, cf. Pl. Lg. 715e, Hp. Morb. 1.1; ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν Hdt. 5.97 ; ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινοσ Th. 1.128 , And. 2.37, Isoc. 12.120, etc.; ἀ. λαβεῖν τινόσ Aeschin. 1.11 ; τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι Plb. 4.28.3 ; ἀρχὴν ὑποθέσθαι lay a foundation, D. 3.2, etc.; βαλέσθαι Pl. Ep. 326e (and Pass., ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται Pi. N. 1.8 ); ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινοσ Pl. Ti. 36e ; source of action, [ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν Plot. 3.3.4 .
b. with Preps. in adverbial usages, ἐξ ἀρχῆσ from the beginning, from the first, from of old, Od. 1.188, Xenoph. 10, etc.; οὑξ ἀ. φίλοσ S. OT 385 ; ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα D. 54.3 ; τὸ ἐξ ἀ. X. Cyn. 12.6 ; but πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν anew, afresh, Ar. Pl. 221 ; λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν Pl. R. 450a ; ὁ ἐξ ἀ. λόγοσ the original argument, Id. Tht. 177c, etc.; τὰ ἐξ ἀ. the principal sum, Arist. Pol. 1280a30:— also ἀπ' ἀ. Hes. Th. 425 , Hdt. 2.104, Pi. P. 8.25, A. Supp. 344, Pl. Tht. 206d; κατ' ἀρχάσ in the beginning, at first, Hdt. 3.153, 7.5; αὐτίκα κατ' ἀ. Id. 8.94 ; τὸ κατ' ἀ. Pl. Lg. 798a , al.
c. acc. ἀρχήν, abs., to begin with, at first, Hdt. 1.9, 2.28, 8.132; τὴν ἀρχήν And. 3.20 : pl., τὰς ἀρχάσ Plb. 16.22.8 : freq. followed by a neg., not at all, ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών Hdt. 3.39 , cf. 1.193, al.; ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα S. Ant. 92 ; ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ ..ἐβουλόμην Id. Ph. 1239 , cf. El. 439, Philol. 3, Antipho 5.73, Pl. Grg. 478c; sts. c. Art., τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ. Hdt. 4.25 ; τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν D. 23.93 .
2. first principle, element, first so used by Anaximander, acc. to Simp. in Ph. 150.23, cf. Arist. Metaph. 983b11, etc.; Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν Id. de An. 405a25 ; of ὕλη and θεός, opp. στοιχεῖα, Placit. 1.3.25; practical principle of conduct, τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεισ D. 2.10 ; principles of knowledge, Arist. Metaph. 995b8, al.
3. end, corner, of a bandage, rope, sheet, etc., Hdt. 4.60, Hp. Off. 9, E. Hipp. 762, Aen.Tact. 18.14, Act.Ap. 10.11; of a compound pulley, Hero Bel. 84.14.
4. Math., origin of a curve, τῆς ἕλικοσ Archim. Spir. 11 Def. 2, etc.; ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείασ Heraclit. 103 .
5. branch of a river, LXX Ge. 2.10 (pl.).
6. sum, total, ib.Nu. 1.2.
7. vital organs of the body, Gal. 1.318, al.
II. first place or power, sovereignty (not in Hom. ), Διὸς ἀρχά Pi. O. 2.64 , cf. Hdt. 1.6, etc.; γενέσθαι ἐπ' ἀρχῆσ Arist. Pol. 1284b2 : metaph., μεγάλην μεντἂν ἀ. εἴης εὑρηκώς, of a stroke of fortune, D. 21.196: pl., ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι A. Ch. 864 (lyr.); τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων S. Ant. 744 , etc.: c. gen. rei, τῆσδ' ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονόσ S. OT 737 ; ἀ. τῶν νεῶν, τῆς θαλάσσης, power over them, Th. 3.90, X. Ath. 2.7, etc.: prov., ἀ. ἄνδρα δείξει Biasap.Arist. EN 1130a1, cf. D. Prooem. 48; method of government, οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθήσ Th. 6.54 .
2. empire, realm, Κύρου, Περδίκκου ἀ., Hdt. 1.91, Th. 4.128, etc.
3. magistracy, office, ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, παραλαμβάνειν, Hdt. 3.80, 4.147; καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσασ Id. 3.89 ; εἰς ἀ. καθστασθαι Th. 8.70; εἰς τὴν α. εἰσιέναι D. 59.72, etc.; ἀ. λαχεῖν to obtain an office, Id. 57.25; Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ. Th. 1.96 ; ἐνιαύσιος ἀ. Id. 6.54 ; ἀ. χειροτονητή, κληρωτή, Lex ap.Aeschin. 1.21; withsg. Noun, Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε Th. 4.53 ; term of office, ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνεσ Antipho 6.42 ; ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι POxy. 119.16 (iii A.D.) .
4. in pl., αἱ ἀρχαί the authorities, the magistrates, Th. 5.47 , cf. Decr. ap. And. 1.83; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. εναι Th. 6.54; ἡ ἀρχή collectively, 'the board', D. 47.22, cf. IG 1.229, etc.; παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ. Antipho 5.48 ; but ἡ ἀ., of a single magistrate, PHal. 1.226 (iii B.C.) ; κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώσ against authority, A. Supp. 485; πομποὺς ἀρχάσ Id. Ag. 124 (anap.).
5. command, i.e. body of troops, LXX 1 Ki. 13.17, al.
6. pl., heavenly powers, Ep.Rom. 8.38, al., cf. Dam. Pr. 96; powers of evil, Ep.Eph. 6.12, al.
III. = εἶδος μελίσσης ἀκέντρου , Hsch. William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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