ἀπάρχομαι: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br />Dep.<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to make a [[beginning]], especially in [[sacrifice]], τρίχας ἀπάρχεσθαι to [[begin]] the [[sacrifice]] with the [[hair]], i. e. by [[cutting]] off the [[hair]] from the [[forehead]] and throwing it [[into]] the [[fire]], Il.: to [[begin]] the [[sacrificial]] rites, Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> c. gen. to cut off [[part]] of a [[thing]], to [[offer]] it, to [[offer]] [[part]] of a [[thing]], Hdt., Eur.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[offer]] the firstlings or [[first]]-fruits, Hdt., Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. to [[take]] as the [[first]]-fruits, as the [[choice]] or [[best]], Theocr.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[ἀπάρχω]] Act., to be the [[first]], be [[leader]], [[dance]], Anth.