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  "headword": "κατάρχω",
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          "definition": "<i>make beginning of</i> a thing, c.gen., τίνες κατῆρξαν . . μάχης; A. Pers. 351; ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν <i>lead</i> the way, S. OC 1019; δεινοῦ λόγου Id. Tr. 1135; λόγων χρησίμων Ar. Lys. 638, cf. Pl. Prt. 351e, etc.; τραυμάτων Ascl. Tact. 7.1; τὸ κατάρχον αἰσθήσεως, τῆς κινήσεως, the <i>source</i> of perception, of motion, Gal. 5.588: rarely c. acc., <i>begin</i> a thing, θαυμαστόν τινα λόγον Pl. Euthd. 283b: c. part., <i>begin</i> doing, X. Cyr. 1.4.4, 4.5.58: abs., Pl. Smp. 177e, Arist. Mu. 399a15.",
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                "quote": "δεινοῦ λόγου",
                "ref": "Id. Tr. 1135",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "λόγων χρησίμων",
                "ref": "Ar. Lys. 638",
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                "quote": "τραυμάτων",
                "ref": "Ascl. Tact. 7.1",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74516",
              "data": {
                "quote": "θαυμαστόν τινα λόγον",
                "ref": "Pl. Euthd. 283b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021.perseus-grc2:283b"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "θανόντα δεσπόταν γόοις κατάρξω I <i>will lead</i> the dirge over . . , E. Andr. 1199 (lyr., with reference to the religious sense, infr. II.2).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Med., <i>begin,</i> like Act., c. gen., ἐχθρᾶς ἡμέρας κατάρχεται Id. Ph. 540; τοῖς κατηργμένοις τῆς πορείας Pl. Phdr. 256d; κ. τῆς προσβολῆς Plb. 2.67.1; τοῦ λόγου Plu. Symp. 2.151e: c. acc., κ. νόμον, στεναγμόν, E. Hec. 685 (s. v. l.), Or. 960 (both lyr.): abs., κατάρχεται μέλος <i>is beginning,</i> Id. HF 750 (lyr.), cf. 891 (lyr.); τὸ -άρξασθαι Ael. Tact. 17.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74517",
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                    "quote": "ἐχθρᾶς ἡμέρας κατάρχεται",
                    "ref": "Id. Ph. 540",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74518",
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                    "quote": "τοῖς κατηργμένοις τῆς πορείας",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 256d",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κ. τῆς προσβολῆς",
                    "ref": "Plb. 2.67.1",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:2.67.perseus-grc2.1"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74520",
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                    "quote": "τοῦ λόγου",
                    "ref": "Plu. Symp. 2.151e",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74521",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὸ -άρξασθαι",
                    "ref": "Ael. Tact. 17",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>begin the sacrificial ceremonies,</i> once in Hom., Νέστωρ χέρνιβά τʼ οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο Nestor <i>began [the sacrifice</i> ] <i>with</i> the washing of hands and sprinkling the barley on the victimʼs head, Od. 3.445: abs., Hdt. 4.60, 103, And. 1.126; κατάρχομαι μέν, σφάγια δʼ ἄλλοισιν μέλει I <i>begin the rite,</i> but leave the slaughter of the victim to others, E. IT 40; ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν κριθαῖς κ. D.H. 2.25: c. gen., κατάρχεσθαι τοῦ τράγου <i>make a beginning of</i> the victim, i.e. <i>consecrate</i> him <i>for sacrifice</i> by cutting off the hair of his forehead, Ar. Av. 959; ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ (sc. Ἡρακλέος) πρὸς τῷ βωμῷ κατάρχοντο Hdt. 2.45; πῶς δʼ αὖ κατάρξῃ θυμάτων; E. Ph. 573, cf. IT 56, 1154; κατάρξασθαι τῶν ἱερῶν D. 21.114: metaph., σκυτάλην λαβών μου κατήρξατο Luc. Somn. 3, cf. Plu. Caes. 66:—so later in Act., Hld. 2.34, al.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Νέστωρ χέρνιβά τʼ οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο Nestor",
                        "ref": "Od. 3.445",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74523",
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                        "quote": "πρὸς τῷ βωμῷ κατάρχοντο",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 2.45",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74524",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατάρξασθαι τῶν ἱερῶν",
                        "ref": "D. 21.114",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc2:114"
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-74525",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σκυτάλην λαβών μου κατήρξατο",
                        "ref": "Luc. Somn. 3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg029.perseus-grc2:3"
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>sacrifice, slay,</i> ξίφει, φασγάνῳ κ., E. Alc. 74, El. 1222 (lyr.):— Pass., ᾗ (sc. τῇ θεᾷ) σὸν κατῆρκται σῶμα <i>hath been devoted,</i> Id. Heracl. 601.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Act., <i>rule, govern,</i> c. gen., Alciphr. 3.44 (s.v.l.).",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "κατάρξω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις <i>will chastise</i> you . . , LXX 3 Ki. 12.24r.",
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