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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: 1. [[begin]], [[origin]] (Il.); 2. [[reign]] (Pi.; vgl. Deubner Herm. 43, 640).<br />Derivatives: From 1 : <b class="b3">ἀρχαῖος</b> [[original]], [[ancient]], [[old]] (Pi.). From 2. <b class="b3">ἀρχέτας</b> m. [[ruler]] (E.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀρχή</b> is verbal noun of [[ἄρχω]], q. v. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: 1. [[begin]], [[origin]] (Il.); 2. [[reign]] (Pi.; vgl. Deubner Herm. 43, 640).<br />Derivatives: From 1 : <b class="b3">ἀρχαῖος</b> [[original]], [[ancient]], [[old]] (Pi.). From 2. <b class="b3">ἀρχέτας</b> m. [[ruler]] (E.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀρχή</b> is verbal noun of [[ἄρχω]], q. v. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἄρχω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[beginning]], [[origin]], [[first]] [[cause]], Hom., etc.:—with Preps. ἐξ ἀρχῆς = [[ἀρχῆθεν]], from the [[beginning]], from of old, Od., [[attic]]; ἐξ ἀρχῆς [[πάλιν]] anew, [[afresh]], Ar.:—so, ἀπ' ἀρχῆς Hdt., Trag.:— κατ' ἀρχάς in the [[beginning]], at [[first]], Hdt.:—absol. in acc. [[ἀρχήν]], to [[begin]] with, [[first]], Hdt.; ἀρχὴν οὐ [[absolutely]] not, not at all, Lat. [[omnino]] non, Hdt., [[attic]]; with numerals, ἀρχὴν [[ἑπτά]] in all, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the end, [[corner]], of a [[bandage]], [[rope]], [[sheet]], Hdt., Eur., NTest.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[first]] [[place]] or [[power]], [[sovereignty]], [[dominion]], [[command]], Hdt., [[attic]]; c. gen. rei, ἀρχὴ τῶν [[νεῶν]], τῆς θαλάσσης Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[sovereignty]], [[empire]], [[realm]], Hdt., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in Prose, a [[magistracy]], [[office]], Hdt., [[attic]]:—also a [[term]] of [[office]], τὴν ἐνιαυσίαν [[ἀρχήν]] Thuc.:—these offices were [[commonly]] obtained in two ways, χειροτονητή by [[election]], κληρωτή by lot, Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in pl., αἱ ἀρχαί (as we say) "the authorities, " i. e. the magistrates, Thuc., etc. | |||
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