ἀπαρχαί
From LSJ
Ἤθους δὲ βάσανός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις χρόνος → Est moris explorator humani dies → Des menschlichen Charakters Wetzstein ist die Zeit
English (Woodhouse)
(see also: ἀπαρχή) first fruits
Lexicon Thucydideum
primitiae, first fruits, 3.58.2, [singul. singular ἀπαρχή vulgo commonly 6.20.4, ubi nunc where now ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, cf. Popp. adn. compare Poppo's note]