καταρχή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A beginning, πράγματος BGU1209.11 (i B.C.), cf. Callicr. ap.Stob.4.28.16, Plb.2.12.8; κ. διαφορᾶς Id.22.4.14,al.; ἀνέμου Mim. Oxy.413.213.    II Astrol., forecast of an undertaking, voyage, etc., Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr.1.99, Vett.Val.187.15 (pl.); περὶ καταρχῶν, title of poems by Maximus and Heph.Astr.    III part of victim first offered, IG22.1359.    IV primacy, sovereignty, τοῦ ἁθρόου Epicur.Fr.314; starting-point, basis, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.246; τὰς Χάριτας [εἶναι] τὰς ἡμετέρας κ. Phld.Piet.14.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1376] ἡ, Anfang, Beginn, πολέμου Pol. 23, 2, 14, öfter, u. Sp. Auch = Opfer von Erstlingen.