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|Full diacritics=ἐνάρχομαι
|Medium diacritics=ἐνάρχομαι
|Low diacritics=ενάρχομαι
|Capitals=ΕΝΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ
|Transliteration A=enárchomai
|Transliteration B=enarchomai
|Transliteration C=enarchomai
|Beta Code=e)na/rxomai
|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-ξομαι</b> prob. in E. (v. infr.):—in sacrifices, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">begin the offering</b>, by taking the barley from the basket, κανᾶ δ' ἐναρχέσθω τις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1470</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>7</span>; προχύτας Χέρνιβάς τ' ἐνάρξεται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span> 955</span>: pf. in pass. sense, κανοῦν δ' ἐνῆρκται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1142</span>; ἐνῆρκται τὰ κανᾶ <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">begin</b>, Sammelb.4369(b).23 (iii B.C.), etc.; τῆς θερείας ἐναρχομένης <span class="bibl">Plb.5.30.7</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">πολεμεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.5</span>; γενειᾶν <span class="bibl">D.H.6.13</span>: <b class="b3">ἐ. τινός</b> <b class="b2">make a beginning of</b>, τῆς ἐπιβολῆς <span class="bibl">Plb.5.1.3</span>; τοῦ λόγου <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>35</span>; <b class="b3">ὁμιλιῶν</b> <b class="b2">engage in</b>, Ath.Med. ap. Orib.inc.<span class="bibl">21.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐνῆρκται</b> folld. by a quotation, <span class="bibl">Apollon.Cit.1</span>: abs., <b class="b2">begin to speak</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> later, in Act., <b class="b2">hold office</b>, IG12(5).526.5 (Ceos).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0830.png Seite 830]] anfangen, den Anfang mit Etwas machen; τοῦ λόγου Plut. Cic. 35; abs., Cam. 32; τῆς ἐπιβολῆς Pol. 5, 1, 3; [[περί]] τινος, Luc. Philops. 39. – Bes. τὰ κανᾶ, das Opfer beginnen, indem man die heilige Gerste, [[οὐλοχύται]], aus den Körben nimmt, Eur. I. A. 1471, vgl. 955 El. 1142; ἐνῆρκται τὰ κανᾶ Aesch. 3, 120.
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