ἀρχαῖος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἀρχαῖα, [[ἀρχαῖον]] (from [[ἀρχή]] [[beginning]], [[hence]]) [[properly]], [[that]] has been from the [[beginning]], [[original]], [[primeval]], [[old]], [[ancient]], used of men, things, times, conditions: οἱ ἀρχαιοι the ancients, the [[early]] Israelites: ),33; τά ἀρχαῖα the [[man]]'s [[previous]] [[moral]] [[condition]]: [[Pindar]] and [[Herodotus]] [[down]].) [ SYNONYMS: [[ἀρχαῖος]], [[παλαιός]]: In [[παλαιός]] the [[simple]] [[idea]] of [[time]] dominates, [[while]] [[ἀρχαῖος]] ("σημαίνει καί τό ἀρχῆς ἔχεσθαι," and so) [[often]] carries [[with]] it a [[suggestion]] of [[nature]] or [[original]] [[character]]. Cf. Schmidt, [[chapter]] 46; Trench, § lxvii.]