commence
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
be first to do a thing: P. and V. ἄρχειν (gen.), ὑπάρχειν, κατάρχειν (acc. or gen.), ἐξάρχειν (acc. or gen.) (Xen.), P. προϋπάρχειν (gen.); see begin.
start something of one's own: P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι (gen.), κατάρχειν (or mid.) (acc. or gen.), ὑπάρχειν (gen.).
take in hand: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.).
set up, institute: P. and V. καθιστάναι, ἱστάναι, τιθέναι, Ar. and P. καταδεικνύναι.
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι; see start.
prelude: P. προοιμιάζεσθαι, V. φροιμιάζεσθαι.
commence to: P. and V. ἄρχειν (part.), ἄρχεσθαι (part.).
commence with: P. ἄρχεσθαι (ἀπό, gen.), V. ἄρχεσθαι (ἐκ, gen.).
