ἀρχή
ἀρχή, ἡ, (v. ἄρχω)
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Supp. 344, Pl. Tht. 206d; κατʼ ἀρχάς in <i>the beginning,</i> at <i>first,</i> Hdt. 3.153, 7.5; αὐτίκα κατʼ ἀ. Id. 8.94; τὸ κατʼ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 798a, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20266", "data": { "quote": "οὑξ ἀ. φίλος", "ref": "S. OT 385", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:385" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20267", "data": { "quote": "ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα", "ref": "D. 54.3", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc2:3" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20268", "data": { "quote": "τὸ ἐξ ἀ.", "ref": "X. Cyn. 12.6", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc2:12.6" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20269", "data": { "quote": "πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν", "ref": "Ar. Pl. 221", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc2:221" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20270", "data": { "quote": "λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν", "ref": "Pl. R. 450a", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:450a" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20271", "data": { "quote": "ἀπʼ ἀ.", "ref": "Hes. Th. 425", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc2:425" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20272", "data": { "quote": "αὐτίκα κατʼ ἀ.", "ref": "Id. 8.94", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.94" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20273", "data": { "quote": "τὸ κατʼ ἀ.", "ref": "Pl. 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Hdt. 4.25; τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν D. 23.93.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20274", "data": { "quote": "τὴν ἀρχήν", "ref": "And. 3.20", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc2:20" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20275", "data": { "quote": "τὰς ἀρχάς", "ref": "Plb. 16.22.8", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:16.22.perseus-grc2.8" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20276", "data": { "quote": "ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών", "ref": "Hdt. 3.39", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.39" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20277", "data": { "quote": "ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα", "ref": "S. Ant. 92", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:92" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20278", "data": { "quote": "ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ . . ἐβουλόμην", "ref": "Id. Ph. 1239", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:1239" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20279", "data": { "quote": "τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ.", "ref": "Hdt. 4.25", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.25" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20280", "data": { "quote": "τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν", "ref": "D. 23.93", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc2:93" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>first principle, element,</i> first so used by Anaximander, acc. to Simp. in Ph. 150.23, cf. Arist. Metaph. 983b11, etc.; Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν Id. de An. 405a25; of ὕλη and θεός, opp. στοιχεῖα, Placit. 1.3.25; <i>practical principle</i> of conduct, τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις D. 2.10; <i>principles</i> of knowledge, Arist. Metaph. 995b8, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20281", "data": { "quote": "Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν", "ref": "Id. de An. 405a25", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:405a.perseus-grc2.25" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20282", "data": { "quote": "τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις", "ref": "D. 2.10", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "<i>end, corner,</i> of a bandage, rope, sheet, etc., Hdt. 4.60, Hp. Off. 9, E. Hipp. 762, Aen.Tact. 18.14, Act.Ap. 10.11; of a compound pulley, Hero Bel. 84.14.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "4", "definition": "<i>origin</i> of a curve, τῆς ἕλικος Archim. Spir. 11 Def. 2, etc.; ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας Heraclit. 103.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20283", "data": { "quote": "τῆς ἕλικος", "ref": "Archim. Spir. 11", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg004.perseus-grc2:11" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20284", "data": { "quote": "ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας", "ref": "Heraclit. 103", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001.perseus-grc2:103" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "5", "definition": "<i>branch</i> of a river, LXX Ge. 2.10 (pl.).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-4", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "6", "definition": "<i>sum, total,</i> ib. Nu. 1.2.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-5", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "7", "definition": "<i>vital organs</i> of the body, Gal. 1.318, al.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-0-6", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "II", "definition": "<i>first place</i> or <i>power, sovereignty</i> (not in Hom.), Διὸς ἀρχά Pi. O. 2.64, cf. Hdt. 1.6, etc.; γενέσθαι ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς Arist. Pol. 1284b2: metaph., μεγάλην μεντἂν ἀ. εἴης εὑρηκώς, of a stroke of fortune, D. 21.196: pl., ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι A. Ch. 864 (lyr.); τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων S. Ant. 744, etc.: c. gen. rei, τῆσδʼ ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονός S. OT 737; ἀ. τῶν νεῶν, τῆς θαλάσσης, <i>power over</i> them, Th. 3.90, X. Ath. 2.7, etc.: prov., ἀ. ἄνδρα δείξει Bias ap. Arist. EN 1130a1, cf. D. Prooem. 48; <i>method of government,</i> οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής Th. 6.54.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20285", "data": { "quote": "Διὸς ἀρχά", "ref": "Pi. O. 2.64", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.64" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20286", "data": { "quote": "γενέσθαι ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς", "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1284b2", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1284b.perseus-grc2.2" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20287", "data": { "quote": "ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι", "ref": "A. Ch. 864", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:864" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20288", "data": { "quote": "τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων", "ref": "S. Ant. 744", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:744" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20289", "data": { "quote": "τῆσδʼ ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονός", "ref": "S. OT 737", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:737" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20290", "data": { "quote": "οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής", "ref": "Th. 6.54", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.54" } } ], "children": [ { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>empire, realm,</i> Κύρου, Περδίκκου ἀ., Hdt. 1.91, Th. 4.128, etc.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1-0", "citations": [], "children": [] }, { "label": "3", "definition": "<i>magistracy, office,</i> ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, παραλαμβάνειν, Hdt. 3.80, 4.147; καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας Id. 3.89; εἰς ἀ. καθίστασθαι Th. 8.70; εἰς τὴν ἀ. εἰσιέναι D. 59.72, etc.; ἀ. λαχεῖν to obtain <i>an office,</i> Id. 57.25; Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ. Th. 1.96; ἐνιαύσιος ἀ. Id. 6.54; ἀ. χειροτονητή, κληρωτή, Lex ap. Aeschin. 1.21; with sg. Noun, Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε Th. 4.53; <i>term of office,</i> ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες Antipho 6.42; ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι POxy. 119.16 (iii A.D.).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20291", "data": { "quote": "καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας", "ref": "Id. 3.89", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.89" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20292", "data": { "quote": "Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ.", "ref": "Th. 1.96", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.96" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20293", "data": { "quote": "ἐνιαύσιος ἀ.", "ref": "Id. 6.54", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.54" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20294", "data": { "quote": "Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε", "ref": "Th. 4.53", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.53" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20295", "data": { "quote": "ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες", "ref": "Antipho 6.42", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc2:42" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20296", "data": { "quote": "ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι", "ref": "POxy. 119.16", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy.:119.perseus-grc2.16" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "4", "definition": "αἱ ἀρχαί <i>the authorities, the magistrates,</i> Th. 5.47, cf. Decr. ap. And. 1.83; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. εἶναι Th. 6.54; ἡ ἀρχή collectively, ‘the board’, D. 47.22, cf. IG 1.229, etc.; παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ. Antipho 5.48; but ἡ ἀ., of a single <i>magistrate,</i> PHal. 1.226 (iii B.C.); κατʼ ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς against <i>authority,</i> A. Supp. 485; πομποὺς ἀρχάς Id. Ag. 124 (anap.).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1-2", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20297", "data": { "quote": "αἱ ἀρχαί", "ref": "Th. 5.47", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.47" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20298", "data": { "quote": "παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ.", "ref": "Antipho 5.48", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc2:48" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20299", "data": { "quote": "πομποὺς ἀρχάς", "ref": "Id. 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