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ἀρχή
ἀρχή, ἡ, (v. ἄρχω)

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a beginning, rule, office, empire

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ἀρχή, ἡ, (v. ἄρχω)
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beginning, origin, νείκεος ἀ. Il. 22.116; πήματος Od. 8.81; φόνου 21.4, etc.; opp. τέλος, Hdt. 7.51, etc.; opp. τελευτή, Thgn. 607, cf. Pl. Lg. 715e, Hp. Morb. 1.1; ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν Hdt. 5.97; ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος Th. 1.128, And. 2.37, Isoc. 12.120, etc.; ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός Aeschin. 1.11; τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι Plb. 4.28.3; ἀρχὴν ὑποθέσθαι lay a foundation, D. 3.2, etc.; βαλέσθαι Pl. Ep. 326e (and Pass., ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται Pi. N. 1.8); ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος Pl. Ti. 36e; source of action, [ ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν Plot. 3.3.4.
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Il. 22.116
νείκεος ἀ.
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Od. 8.81
πήματος
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21.4
φόνου
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Hdt. 5.97
ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν
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Th. 1.128
ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος
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Aeschin. 1.11
ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός
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Plb. 4.28.3
τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι
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Pl. Ep. 326e
βαλέσθαι
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Pi. N. 1.8
ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται
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Pl. Ti. 36e
ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος
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Plot. 3.3.4
ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν
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ἐξ ἀρχῆς from the beginning, from the first, from of old, Od. 1.188, Xenoph. 10, etc.; οὑξ ἀ. φίλος S. OT 385; ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα D. 54.3; τὸ ἐξ ἀ. X. Cyn. 12.6; but πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν anew, afresh, Ar. Pl. 221; λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν Pl. R. 450a; ὁ ἐξ ἀ. λόγος the original argument, Id. Tht. 177c, etc.; τὰ ἐξ ἀ. the principal sum, Arist. Pol. 1280a30:—also ἀπʼ ἀ. Hes. Th. 425, Hdt. 2.104, Pi. P. 8.25, A. Supp. 344, Pl. Tht. 206d; κατʼ ἀρχάς in the beginning, at first, Hdt. 3.153, 7.5; αὐτίκα κατʼ ἀ. Id. 8.94; τὸ κατʼ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 798a, al.
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S. OT 385
οὑξ ἀ. φίλος
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D. 54.3
ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα
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X. Cyn. 12.6
τὸ ἐξ ἀ.
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Ar. Pl. 221
πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν
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Pl. R. 450a
λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν
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Hes. Th. 425
ἀπʼ ἀ.
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Id. 8.94
αὐτίκα κατʼ ἀ.
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Pl. Lg. 798a
τὸ κατʼ ἀ.
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ἀρχήν, abs., to begin with, at first, Hdt. 1.9, 2.28, 8.132; τὴν ἀρχήν And. 3.20: pl., τὰς ἀρχάς Plb. 16.22.8: freq. followed by a neg., not at all, ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών Hdt. 3.39, cf. 1.193, al.; ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα S. Ant. 92; ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ . . ἐβουλόμην Id. Ph. 1239, cf. El. 439, Philol. 3, Antipho 5.73, Pl. Grg. 478c; sts. c. Art., τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ. Hdt. 4.25; τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν D. 23.93.
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And. 3.20
τὴν ἀρχήν
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Plb. 16.22.8
τὰς ἀρχάς
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Hdt. 3.39
ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών
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S. Ant. 92
ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα
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Id. Ph. 1239
ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ . . ἐβουλόμην
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Hdt. 4.25
τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ.
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D. 23.93
τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν
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first principle, element, 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; practical principle of conduct, τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις D. 2.10; principles of knowledge, Arist. Metaph. 995b8, al.
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Id. de An. 405a25
Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν
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D. 2.10
τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις
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end, corner, 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.
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origin of a curve, τῆς ἕλικος Archim. Spir. 11 Def. 2, etc.; ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας Heraclit. 103.
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Archim. Spir. 11
τῆς ἕλικος
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Heraclit. 103
ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας
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branch of a river, LXX Ge. 2.10 (pl.).
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sum, total, ib. Nu. 1.2.
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vital organs of the body, Gal. 1.318, al.
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first place or power, sovereignty (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, power over them, Th. 3.90, X. Ath. 2.7, etc.: prov., ἀ. ἄνδρα δείξει Bias ap. Arist. EN 1130a1, cf. D. Prooem. 48; method of government, οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής Th. 6.54.
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Pi. O. 2.64
Διὸς ἀρχά
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Arist. Pol. 1284b2
γενέσθαι ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς
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A. Ch. 864
ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι
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S. Ant. 744
τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων
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S. OT 737
τῆσδʼ ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονός
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Th. 6.54
οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής
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empire, realm, Κύρου, Περδίκκου ἀ., Hdt. 1.91, Th. 4.128, etc.
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magistracy, office, 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 an office, 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; term of office, ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες Antipho 6.42; ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι POxy. 119.16 (iii A.D.).
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Id. 3.89
καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας
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Th. 1.96
Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ.
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Id. 6.54
ἐνιαύσιος ἀ.
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Th. 4.53
Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε
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Antipho 6.42
ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες
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POxy. 119.16
ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι
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αἱ ἀρχαί the authorities, the magistrates, 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 magistrate, PHal. 1.226 (iii B.C.); κατʼ ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς against authority, A. Supp. 485; πομποὺς ἀρχάς Id. Ag. 124 (anap.).
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Th. 5.47
αἱ ἀρχαί
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Antipho 5.48
παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ.
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Id. Ag. 124
πομποὺς ἀρχάς
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command, i.e. body of troops, LXX 1 Ki. 13.17, al.
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heavenly powers, Ep.Rom. 8.38, al., cf. Dam. Pr. 96; powers of evil, Ep.Eph. 6.12, al.
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Hsch.

Citations (From Models)

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{'quote': 'πήματος', 'ref': 'Od. 8.81', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.81'}
{'quote': 'φόνου', 'ref': '21.4', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.4'}
{'quote': 'ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν', 'ref': 'Hdt. 5.97', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.97'}
{'quote': 'ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος', 'ref': 'Th. 1.128', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.128'}
{'quote': 'ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός', 'ref': 'Aeschin. 1.11', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11'}
{'quote': 'τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι', 'ref': 'Plb. 4.28.3', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:4.28.perseus-grc2.3'}
{'quote': 'βαλέσθαι', 'ref': 'Pl. Ep. 326e', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc2:326e'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται', 'ref': 'Pi. N. 1.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1.8'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος', 'ref': 'Pl. Ti. 36e', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:36e'}
{'quote': 'ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν', 'ref': 'Plot. 3.3.4', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3.3.perseus-grc2.4'}
{'quote': 'οὑξ ἀ. φίλος', 'ref': 'S. OT 385', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:385'}
{'quote': 'ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα', 'ref': 'D. 54.3', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc2:3'}
{'quote': 'τὸ ἐξ ἀ.', 'ref': 'X. Cyn. 12.6', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc2:12.6'}
{'quote': 'πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν', 'ref': 'Ar. Pl. 221', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc2:221'}
{'quote': 'λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν', 'ref': 'Pl. R. 450a', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:450a'}
{'quote': 'ἀπʼ ἀ.', 'ref': 'Hes. Th. 425', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc2:425'}
{'quote': 'αὐτίκα κατʼ ἀ.', 'ref': 'Id. 8.94', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.94'}
{'quote': 'τὸ κατʼ ἀ.', 'ref': 'Pl. Lg. 798a', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:798a'}
{'quote': 'τὴν ἀρχήν', 'ref': 'And. 3.20', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc2:20'}
{'quote': 'τὰς ἀρχάς', 'ref': 'Plb. 16.22.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:16.22.perseus-grc2.8'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών', 'ref': 'Hdt. 3.39', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.39'}
{'quote': 'ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα', 'ref': 'S. Ant. 92', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:92'}
{'quote': 'ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ . . ἐβουλόμην', 'ref': 'Id. Ph. 1239', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:1239'}
{'quote': 'τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ.', 'ref': 'Hdt. 4.25', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.25'}
{'quote': 'τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν', 'ref': 'D. 23.93', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc2:93'}
{'quote': 'Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν', 'ref': 'Id. de An. 405a25', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:405a.perseus-grc2.25'}
{'quote': 'τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις', 'ref': 'D. 2.10', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10'}
{'quote': 'τῆς ἕλικος', 'ref': 'Archim. Spir. 11', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg004.perseus-grc2:11'}
{'quote': 'ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας', 'ref': 'Heraclit. 103', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001.perseus-grc2:103'}
{'quote': 'Διὸς ἀρχά', 'ref': 'Pi. O. 2.64', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.64'}
{'quote': 'γενέσθαι ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς', 'ref': 'Arist. Pol. 1284b2', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1284b.perseus-grc2.2'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι', 'ref': 'A. Ch. 864', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:864'}
{'quote': 'τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων', 'ref': 'S. Ant. 744', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:744'}
{'quote': 'τῆσδʼ ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονός', 'ref': 'S. OT 737', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:737'}
{'quote': 'οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής', 'ref': 'Th. 6.54', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.54'}
{'quote': 'καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας', 'ref': 'Id. 3.89', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.89'}
{'quote': 'Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ.', 'ref': 'Th. 1.96', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.96'}
{'quote': 'ἐνιαύσιος ἀ.', 'ref': 'Id. 6.54', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.54'}
{'quote': 'Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε', 'ref': 'Th. 4.53', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.53'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες', 'ref': 'Antipho 6.42', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc2:42'}
{'quote': 'ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι', 'ref': 'POxy. 119.16', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Oxy.:119.perseus-grc2.16'}
{'quote': 'αἱ ἀρχαί', 'ref': 'Th. 5.47', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.47'}
{'quote': 'παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ.', 'ref': 'Antipho 5.48', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc2:48'}
{'quote': 'πομποὺς ἀρχάς', 'ref': 'Id. Ag. 124', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:124'}

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          "definition": "<i>beginning, origin,</i> νείκεος ἀ. Il. 22.116; πήματος Od. 8.81; φόνου 21.4, etc.; opp. τέλος, Hdt. 7.51, etc.; opp. τελευτή, Thgn. 607, cf. Pl. Lg. 715e, Hp. Morb. 1.1; ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν Hdt. 5.97; ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος Th. 1.128, And. 2.37, Isoc. 12.120, etc.; ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός Aeschin. 1.11; τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι Plb. 4.28.3; ἀρχὴν ὑποθέσθαι lay <i>a foundation,</i> D. 3.2, etc.; βαλέσθαι Pl. Ep. 326e (and Pass., ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται Pi. N. 1.8); ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος Pl. Ti. 36e; <i>source</i> of action, [ ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν Plot. 3.3.4.",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20255",
              "data": {
                "quote": "νείκεος ἀ.",
                "ref": "Il. 22.116",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.116"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20256",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πήματος",
                "ref": "Od. 8.81",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.81"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20257",
              "data": {
                "quote": "φόνου",
                "ref": "21.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.4"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20258",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν",
                "ref": "Hdt. 5.97",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.97"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20259",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος",
                "ref": "Th. 1.128",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20260",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός",
                "ref": "Aeschin. 1.11",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20261",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι",
                "ref": "Plb. 4.28.3",
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              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20262",
              "data": {
                "quote": "βαλέσθαι",
                "ref": "Pl. Ep. 326e",
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                "quote": "ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 1.8",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος",
                "ref": "Pl. Ti. 36e",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-20265",
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                "quote": "ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν",
                "ref": "Plot. 3.3.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3.3.perseus-grc2.4"
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          ],
          "children": [
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "ἐξ ἀρχῆς from <i>the beginning,</i> from <i>the first,</i> from <i>of old,</i> Od. 1.188, Xenoph. 10, etc.; οὑξ ἀ. φίλος S. OT 385; ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα D. 54.3; τὸ ἐξ ἀ. X. Cyn. 12.6; but πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν <i>anew, afresh,</i> Ar. Pl. 221; λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν Pl. R. 450a; ὁ ἐξ ἀ. λόγος the <i>original</i> argument, Id. Tht. 177c, etc.; τὰ ἐξ ἀ. the <i>principal sum,</i> Arist. Pol. 1280a30:—also ἀπʼ ἀ. Hes. Th. 425, Hdt. 2.104, Pi. P. 8.25, A. 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.",
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                          "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"
                          }
                        },
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                          "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"
                          }
                        },
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                          "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. Lg. 798a",
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                          }
                        }
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                    },
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                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "ἀρχήν, abs., <i>to begin with, at first,</i> Hdt. 1.9, 2.28, 8.132; τὴν ἀρχήν And. 3.20: pl., τὰς ἀρχάς Plb. 16.22.8: freq. followed by a neg., not <i>at all,</i> ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών Hdt. 3.39, cf. 1.193, al.; ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα S. Ant. 92; ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ . . ἐβουλόμην Id. Ph. 1239, cf. El. 439, Philol. 3, Antipho 5.73, Pl. Grg. 478c; sts. c. Art., τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ. Hdt. 4.25; τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν D. 23.93.",
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                          "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"
                          }
                        },
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                          "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"
                          }
                        },
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                          "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"
                          }
                        }
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "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.",
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                  "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.",
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                  "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.",
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                  "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.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
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            },
            {
              "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.",
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              "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"
                  }
                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων",
                    "ref": "S. Ant. 744",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:744"
                  }
                },
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                  "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"
                  }
                }
              ],
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>empire, realm,</i> Κύρου, Περδίκκου ἀ., Hdt. 1.91, Th. 4.128, etc.",
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                  "children": []
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                  "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.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας",
                        "ref": "Id. 3.89",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.89"
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                    },
                    {
                      "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"
                      }
                    },
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                      "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",
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                      }
                    }
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                  "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.).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἱ ἀρχαί",
                        "ref": "Th. 5.47",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.47"
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                      "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"
                      }
                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πομποὺς ἀρχάς",
                        "ref": "Id. Ag. 124",
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                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>command,</i> i.e. <i>body of troops,</i> LXX 1 Ki. 13.17, al.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1-3",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>heavenly powers,</i> Ep.Rom. 8.38, al., cf. Dam. Pr. 96; <i>powers of evil,</i> Ep.Eph. 6.12, al.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n15893-0-0-1-4",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Hsch.",
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              "citations": [],
              "children": []
            }
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