ἀπαρχή
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English (LSJ)
ἡ, mostly in pl. ἀπαρχαί (cf. ἄπαργμα): 1 beginning of a sacrifice, primal offering (of hairs cut from the forehead), ἀπαρχαὶ κόμης E.Or.96, cf. Ph.1525 (lyr.); later, a banquet held on this occasion, Plu.2.40b. 2 firstlings for sacrifice or offering, first-fruits, ἁπάντων ἀπαρχαί Hdt.4.71; ἀπαρχὰς ἄγειν θεοῖσι S.Tr.183; ἀπαρχὰς θύειν E.Fr.516; ἀ. σκυλευμάτων Ph.857; ἐπιφέρειν ἀ. τῶν ὡραίων Th. 3.58; τῶν ὄντων Is.5.42, cf. Epicur.Fr.130, etc.:—so also in sg., λείας ἀ. S.Tr.761; ἀ. τῶν πατρων χρημάτων Hdt.1.92, etc.; ἀνθρώπων ἀ. εἰς Δελφοὺς ἀποστέλλειν Arist.Fr.485; ἀ. ἀπό τινος ἀνατιθέναι Hdt. 4.88; inscribed on votive offerings, [ἀνέθηκεν] . . τόδ' α. IG1.382, etc.; freq. in LXX, as Ex.25.2, al., cf. Ep.Rom.11.16, and metaph., ἀ. τῶν κεκοιμημένων 1 Ep.Cor.15.20; τῶν κτισμάτων Ep.Jac.1.18. 3 metaph., ἀπαρχαὶ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμάτων E.Ion402; ἀπαρχὴν τῆς σοφίας ἀνέθεσαν Pl.Prt.343b, etc.; ἀ. ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας Plu.2.172c. 4 tax on inheritances, PTaur.1.7.10; tax paid by Jews, Stud.Pal.4.72 (i A. D.). 5 entrance fee, PTeb.316.10 (i A.D.), al. 6 board of officials (cf. sq.), IG12(8).273 (Thasos). 7 birth-certificate of a free person, PTeb.316.10 (i A. D.), PGnom.131 (ii A. D.): perh. metaph. in Ep.Rom.8.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] ἡ (vgl. Buttm. Lexil. I p. 100), das Darbringen u. Opfern der Erstlinge, ἀπαρχὰς θύειν Ar. Ran. 1239; θεοῖς ἀπαρχὰς παρέχειν Xen. Oec. 5, 10; Erstlingsgabe, τῶν πατρίων χρημάτων Her. 1, 92; τῶν ὡραίων Thuc. 3, 58; als Tribut, 6, 20; ἀπαρχὴν τῶν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀποτελοῦσιν Plat. Legg. VII, 806 d; λείας Soph. Tr. 758; σκυλευμάτων Eur. Phoen. 864; öfter im plur., ἀπαρχὰς σίτου ἀποπέμπειν Isocr. 4, 31; übertr., ἀπαρχὴν τῆς σοφίας ἀνέθεσαν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι Plat. Prot. 343 a; προσφθεγμάτων ἀπ. Eur. Ion. 402; Sp.; ἀπ. ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας Plut.; vgl. Her. 4, 88. – Beim Opfer sind ἀπαρχαί die Stirnhaare u. die äußersten Gliedmaßen, welche zuerst abgeschnitten u. verbrannt wurden. – Uebh. Anfang, γένους; aber ἀπαρχαὶ λόγων Proben aus Reden, Sp.