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===verb transitive===

[[be first to do a thing]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρχειν]] (gen.), [[ὑπάρχειν]], [[κατάρχειν]] (acc. or gen.), [[ἐξάρχειν]] (acc. or gen.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[προϋπάρχειν]] (gen.); see [[begin]].

[[start something of one's own]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρχεσθαι]] (gen.), [[κατάρχειν]] (or mid.) (acc. or gen.), [[ὑπάρχειν]] (gen.).

[[take in hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἐγχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[αἴρεσθαι]] (acc.).

[[set up]], [[institute]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθιστάναι]], [[ἱστάναι]], [[τιθέναι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[καταδεικνύναι]].

===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρχεσθαι]]; see [[start]].

[[prelude]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προοιμιάζεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[φροιμιάζεσθαι]].

[[commence to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρχειν]] (part.), [[ἄρχεσθαι]] (part.).

[[commence with]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἄρχεσθαι]] ([[ἀπό]], gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἄρχεσθαι]] (ἐκ, gen.).
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