ἀρχῆθεν
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
Dor. ἀρχ-ᾶθεν, Adv.
A from the beginning, from of old, Pi.O. 9.55, I.4(3).7, Hdt.1.131, 2.138, Hp.Epid.6.7.5; rare in Trag., A.Fr. 416, S.Fr.126; condemned by Phryn.75; freq. in later Prose, as Plb.1.50.5, al., Plu.2.238e, etc.; immediately, Id.Cat.Mi.28. 2 with neg., κρέσσον . . ἀρχῆθεν μὴ ἐλθεῖν not at all, Hdt.5.18; cf. ἀρχή 1.1 c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 365] vom Anfang an, von Alters her, nach B. A. 7 nicht attisch, Pind. Ol. 9, 59 I. 3, 25; öfter Her., φθόνος ἀρχῆθεν ἐμφύεται ἀνθρώπῳ 3, 80; κρέσσον γὰρ ἀρχῆθεν μη ἐλθεῖν, d. i. überhaupt nicht, 5, 18; Pol. 1, 50, 2; ἀρχῆθεν εὐθύς 2, 43, 3; Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρχῆθεν: Δωρ. -ᾶθεν, Ἐπιρρ. ἐξ ἀρχῆς, παλαιόθεν, Πινδ. Ο. 9. 81, Ι. 4. 11 (3. 25), Ἡροδ. 1. 131., 2. 138, κ. ἀλλ., σπανίως παρὰ Τραγ., Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 427, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 132· οὐδαμοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἀττ. πεζῷ λόγῳ, Α. Β. 7. 12, πρβλ. Λοβ. Φρύν. 93. 2) μετ᾿ ἀρν., κρέσσον... ἀρχῆθεν μὴ ἐλθεῖν, μηδόλως ἐλθεῖν, Ἡροδ. 5. 18· πρβλ. ἀρχὴ Ι. 1. γ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
dès l’origine, primitivement ; en principe ; absolument.
Étymologie: ἀρχή, -θεν.
