ἄναρχος
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
ον,
A without head or chief, Il.2.703; ναυτικὸν στράτευμ' ἄ. E.IA914, cf. Hec. 607; ἄ. ζῷα, opp. τὰ ὑφ' ἡγεμόνα ὄντα, Arist. HA488a11: τὸ ἄ., = ἀναρχία, A Eu.696. 2 ἔτος ἄ. a year without any regular magistrates, GDI5635 (Teos). II Act., holding no office or magistracy, prob. l. Arr.Epict.4.6.3. b not qualified to hold office, Max. Tyr. 21.5 (Sup., s. v. l.). III without beginning, Parm.8.27, Ocell. 1.2, S.E.M.7.312; κύκλος ἄ. καὶ ἀτελεύτητος Procl.Inst.146; ἄ. δίκη PLips.33 ii 5 (iv A. D.). b without first principles, S.E.M.1.180.
German (Pape)
[Seite 206] 1) ohne Oberhaupt, ohne Anführer, Il. 2, 703. 726; τάξις Aesch. Pers. 290; τὸ ἄν. Eum. 666: Plat. Rep. VIII, 558 c. – 2) ohne Anfang, Sp.