ἀπαρχή: Difference between revisions

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

|mdlsjtxt=[from [[ἀπάρχομαι]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[mostly]] in pl. ἀπαρχαί, the [[beginning]] of a [[sacrifice]], the [[primal]] [[offering]] (of hairs cut from the [[forehead]]), Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the firstlings for [[sacrifice]], [[first]]-fruits, Hdt., [[attic]]:—metaph., ἀπαρχὴ τῆς σοφίας Plat.