ἀρχή
ἀρχή,
ἡ, (v.
ἄρχω)
A). 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 .
b). with Preps. in adverbial usages,
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
ἀπ’ ἀ. Hes. Th. 425 ,
Hdt. 2.104 ,
Pi. P. 8.25 ,
A. Supp. 344 ,
Pl. Tht. 206d ;
κατ’ ἀρχάς in
the beginning, at
first, Hdt. 3.153 ,
7.5 ;
αὐτίκα κατ’ ἀ. Id. 8.94 ;
τὸ κατ’ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 798a , al.
c). acc.
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 .
2). 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.
3). 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 .
7). vital organs of the body, Gal. 1.318 , al.
II). first place or
power, sovereignty (not in
Hom.),
Διὸς ἀρχά Pi. O. 2.64 , cf.
Hdt. 1.6 , etc.;
γενέσθαι ἐπ’ 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,
τῆσδ’ 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 Biasap.
Arist. EN 1130a1 , cf.
D. Prooem. 48 ;
method of government, οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής Th. 6.54 .
3). magistracy, office, ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, παραλαμβάνειν, Hdt. 3.80 ,
4.147 ;
καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας Id. 3.89 ;
εἰς ἀ. καθ<*>στασθαι Th. 8.70 ;
εἰς τὴν α<*>. 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 ; withsg. 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.).
4). in pl.,
αἱ ἀρχαί the authorities, the magistrates, Th. 5.47 , cf. Decr. ap.
And. 1.83 ;
ἐν ταῖς ἀ. ε<*>ναι 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.);
κατ’ ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς against
authority, A. Supp. 485 ;
πομποὺς ἀρχάς Id. Ag. 124 (anap.).
6). pl.,
heavenly powers, Ep.Rom. 8.38 , al., cf.
Dam. Pr. 96 ;
powers of evil, Ep.Eph. 6.12 , al.
III). = εἶδος μελίσσης ἀκέντρου , Hsch.
ShortDef
a beginning, rule, office, empire
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Headword (normalized):
ἀρχή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αρχη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀρχή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (v. <span class="foreign greek">ἄρχω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beginning, origin,</span> <span class="quote greek">νείκεος ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.116 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πήματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.81 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.4/canonical-url/"> 21.4 </a> , etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">τέλος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.51 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">τελευτή,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 607 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:715e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:715e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 715e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 1.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. γενέσθαι κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.97 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ποιήσασθαί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.128 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 2.37 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.120 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. λαβεῖν τινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἀρχὰς εἰληφέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:28:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:28:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.28.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχὴν ὑποθέσθαι</span> lay <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a foundation,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 3.2 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">βαλέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:326e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:326e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 326e </a> (and Pass., <span class="quote greek">ἀρχαὶ βέβληνται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.8 </a> ); <span class="quote greek">ἀρχὴν ἄρχεσθαί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:36e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:36e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 36e </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">source</span> of action,[ <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἄνθρωπος] ἔχει ἀρχὴν ἐλευθέραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:3:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 3.3.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> with Preps. in adverbial usages, <span class="foreign greek">ἐξ ἀρχῆς</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the beginning,</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the first,</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of old,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.188/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.188 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 10 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">οὑξ ἀ. φίλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:385" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:385/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 385 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἐξ ἀ. ἔχθρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 54.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἐξ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:12:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:12.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 12.6 </a> ; but <span class="quote greek">πλουτεῖν ἐξ ἀ. πάλιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anew, afresh,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:221/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 221 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγον πάλιν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀ. κινεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:450a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:450a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 450a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἐξ ἀ. λόγος</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">original</span> argument, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:177c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:177c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 177c </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἐξ ἀ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">principal sum,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1280a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1280a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1280a30 </a>:—also <span class="quote greek">ἀπ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:425" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:425/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 425 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.104 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:344" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:344/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 344 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:206d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:206d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 206d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἀρχάς</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the beginning,</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.153/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.153 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.5/canonical-url/"> 7.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αὐτίκα κατ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.94 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ κατ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:798a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:798a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 798a </a> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> acc. <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχήν,</span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to begin with, at first,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.28/canonical-url/"> 2.28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.132/canonical-url/"> 8.132 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἀρχήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 3.20 </a> : pl., <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἀρχάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:22:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:22:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 16.22.8 </a> : freq. followed by a neg., not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at all,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀρχὴν μηδὲ λαβών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.39 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.193/canonical-url/"> 1.193 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. δὲ θηρᾶν οὐ πρέπει τἀμήχανα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 92 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. κλύειν ἂν οὐκ .. ἐβουλόμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1239 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:439" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:439/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 439 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1596.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1596.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philol.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.73 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:478c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:478c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 478c </a>; sts. c. Art., <span class="quote greek">τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνδέκομαι τὴν ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἀ. γὰρ ἐξῆν αὐτῷ μὴ γράφειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.93 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first principle, element,</span> first so used by Anaximander, acc. to <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:150:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:150.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Ph.</span> 150.23 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:983b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:983b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 983b11 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">Ἡράκλειτος τὴν ἀ. εἶναί φησι ψυχήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:405a:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:405a.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 405a25 </a> ; of <span class="foreign greek">ὕλη</span> and <span class="foreign greek">θεός,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">στοιχεῖα,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Placit.</span> 1.3.25 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">practical principle</span> of conduct, <span class="quote greek">τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.10 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">principles</span> of knowledge, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:995b:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:995b.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 995b8 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end, corner,</span> of a bandage, rope, sheet, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.60 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Off.</span> 9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:762" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:762/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 762 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 18.14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:10:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:10.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 10.11 </a>; of a compound pulley, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:84:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:84.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 84.14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">origin</span> of a curve, <span class="quote greek">τῆς ἕλικος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg004:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg004:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Spir.</span> 11 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Def.</span> 2 </span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ξυνὸν ἀ. καὶ πέρας ἐπὶ κύκλου περιφερείας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 103 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">branch</span> of a river, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:2.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 2.10 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sum, total,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg004:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg004:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vital organs</span> of the body, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 1.318 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first place</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">power, sovereignty</span> (not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>), <span class="quote greek">Διὸς ἀρχά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.64 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.6 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">γενέσθαι ἐπ’ ἀρχῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1284b2 </a> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλην μεντἂν ἀ. εἴης εὑρηκώς,</span> of a stroke of fortune, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.196 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">ἀρχαὶ πολισσονόμοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:864" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:864/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 864 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:744" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:744/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 744 </a> , etc.: c. gen. rei, <span class="quote greek">τῆσδ’ ἔχων ἀρχὴν χθονός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:737" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:737/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 737 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. τῶν νεῶν, τῆς θαλάσσης,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">power over</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 2.7 </a>, etc.: prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἄνδρα δείξει</span> Biasap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1130a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1130a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1130a1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg062.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg062.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prooem.</span> 48 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">method of government,</span> <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀ. ἐπαχθής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">empire, realm,</span> <span class="foreign greek">Κύρου, Περδίκκου ἀ.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.91 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.128 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">magistracy, office,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, παραλαμβάνειν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.80 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.147/canonical-url/"> 4.147 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καταστήσας τὰς ἀ. καὶ ἄρχοντας ἐπιστήσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.89 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ἀ. καθ<*>στασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.70 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς τὴν α<*>. εἰσιέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 59.72 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. λαχεῖν</span> to obtain <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an office,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 57.25 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἑλληνοταμίαι τότε πρῶτον κατέστη ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.96 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐνιαύσιος ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.54 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. χειροτονητή, κληρωτή,</span> Lex ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.21 </a>; withsg. Noun, <span class="quote greek">Κυθηροδίκης ἀ. ἐκ τῆς Σπάρτης διέβαινεν αὐτόσε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.53 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">term of office,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀρχῆς λοιποὶ αὐτῷ δύο μῆνες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 6.42 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀρχαὶ καὶ λειτουργίαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 119.16 </span> (iii A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="quote greek">αἱ ἀρχαί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the authorities, the magistrates,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.47 </a> , cf. Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.83 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ταῖς ἀ. ε<*>ναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἀρχή</span> collectively, \'the board\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg047.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg047.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 47.22 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 1.229 </span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">παραδιδόναι τινὰ τῇ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.48 </a> ; but <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἀ.,</span> of a single <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">magistrate,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1581.tlg001:1:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1581.tlg001:1.226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PHal.</span> 1.226 </a> (iii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς</span> against <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">authority,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:485" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:485/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 485 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πομποὺς ἀρχάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 124 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">command,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">body of troops,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:13:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:13.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ki.</span> 13.17 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">heavenly powers,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ep.Rom.</span> 8.38 </span>, al., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 96 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">powers of evil,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ep.Eph.</span> 6.12 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">εἶδος μελίσσης ἀκέντρου</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}