ἀπαρχή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, mostly in plural [[ἀπαρχαί]] (cf. [[ἄπαργμα]]):<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[beginning of a sacrifice]], [[primal offering]] (of [[hair]]s cut from the [[forehead]]), ἀπαρχαὶ [[κόμη]]ς [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''96, cf. ''Ph.''1525 (lyr.); later, a [[banquet]] held on this occasion, Plu.2.40b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[firstlings]] for [[sacrifice]] or [[offering]], [[first-fruits]], ἁπάντων ἀπαρχαί [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.71; ἀπαρχὰς ἄγειν θεοῖσι S.''Tr.''183; ἀπαρχὰς [[θύειν]] E.''Fr.''516; ἀ. σκυλευμάτων ''Ph.''857; ἐπιφέρειν ἀ. τῶν ὡραίων Th. 3.58; τῶν ὄντων Is.5.42, cf. Epicur.''Fr.''130, etc.:—so also in sg., [[λεία]]ς ἀ. S.''Tr.''761; ἀ. τῶν πατρων χρημάτων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.92, etc.; ἀνθρώπων ἀ. εἰς Δελφοὺς ἀποστέλλειν Arist.''Fr.''485; ἀ. ἀπό τινος ἀνατιθέναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.88; inscribed on [[votive offering]]s, [ἀνέθηκεν] . . τόδ' α. ''IG''1.382, etc.; freq. in LXX, as ''Ex.''25.2, al., cf. ''Ep.Rom.''11.16, and metaph., ἀ. τῶν κεκοιμημένων ''1 Ep.Cor.''15.20; τῶν κτισμάτων ''Ep.Jac.''1.18.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., ἀπαρχαὶ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμάτων [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''402; ἀπαρχὴν τῆς [[σοφία]]ς ἀνέθεσαν Pl.''Prt.''343b, etc.; ἀ. ἀπὸ φιλοσοφίας Plu.2.172c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tax on inheritances]], PTaur.1.7.10; [[tax]] paid by [[Jew]]s, ''Stud.Pal.''4.72 (i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[entrance fee]], PTeb.316.10 (i A.D.), al.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[board of officials]] (cf. sq.), ''IG''12(8).273 (Thasos).<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[birth certificate]] of a free person, ''PTeb.''316.10 (i A. D.), ''PGnom.''131 (ii A. D.): perhaps metaph. in ''Ep.Rom.''8.23.