ἄρχω: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[pf. [[pass]]. [[ἦργμαι]] only in mid. [[sense]]<br />in [[pass]]. [[sense]]:— to be [[first]],<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of [[Time]], to [[begin]], make a [[beginning]], [[both]] in Act. and Mid.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> c. gen. to make a [[beginning]] of, πολέμοιο, μάχης, etc., Hom.; so Hdt. and [[attic]]:—Mid. also in a [[religious]] [[sense]], like ἀπάρχεσθαι, ἀρχόμενος μελέων [[beginning]] the [[sacrifice]] with the limbs, Od.; ἄρχειν σπονδῶν Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. gen. also to [[begin]] from or with, ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω σέο δ' ἄρξομαι Il.; so, ἄρχεσθαι ἔκ τινος Od.; ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ παιδίων [[even]] from [[boyhood]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> c. gen. rei et dat. pers., ἄρχ. θεοῖς [[δαιτός]] to make preparations for a [[banquet]] to the gods, Il.; τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε Il., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> c. acc., ἄρχειν ὁδόν τινι, like Lat. praeire viam alicui, to [[show]] him the way, Od.; absol. (sub. ὁδόν), to [[lead]] the way, Hom.; then [[generally]] ἄρχειν τι Aesch., Soph.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> c. inf. to [[begin]] to do a [[thing]], Hom., etc.; c. [[part]]. of continued [[action]] or [[condition]], ἦρχον χαλεπαίνων Il.; ἄρχ. διδάσκων Xen.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> absol., ἄρχε [[begin]]! Hom.; ἄρχει ἡ [[ἐκεχειρία]] Thuc.; ἅμα ἦρι ἀρχομένωι, θέρους ἀρχομένου Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of Authority, to [[lead]], [[rule]], [[govern]], only in Act.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> c. gen. to [[rule]], be [[leader]] of . . , τινός Hom., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. dat. to [[rule]] [[over]], Hom., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to [[rule]], [[govern]], Aesch.: esp. to [[hold]] a [[subordinate]] [[office]], ὁκοῖον εἴη ἄρχειν μετὰ τὸ βασιλεύειν Hdt.:—at [[Athens]], to be [[archon]], Dem.; cf. [[ἄρχων]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> Pass. to be ruled, governed, Hdt., [[attic]]; οἱ ἀρχόμενοι subjects, Xen.