κατάρχω
κατάρχ-ω,
A). make beginning of a thing, c.gen.,
τίνες κατῆρξαν .. μάχης;
A. Pers. 351 ;
ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν lead 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
source of perception, of motion,
Gal. 5.588 : rarely c. acc.,
begin a thing,
θαυμαστόν τινα λόγον Pl. Euthd. 283b : c. part.,
begin doing,
X. Cyr. 1.4.4 ,
4.5.58 : abs.,
Pl. Smp. 177e ,
Arist. Mu. 399a15 .
2). θανόντα δεσπόταν γόοις κατάρξω I
will lead the dirge over .. ,
E. Andr. 1199 (lyr., with reference to the religious sense, infr. 11.2).
II). Med.,
begin, 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. 2.151e : c. acc.,
κ. νόμον, στεναγμόν,
E. Hec. 685 (s. v. l.),
Or. 960 (both lyr.): abs.,
κατάρχεται μέλος is beginning,
Id. HF 750 (lyr.), cf.
891 (lyr.);
τὸ -άρξασθαι Ael. Tact. 17 .
2). in religious sense,
begin the sacrificial ceremonies, once in
Hom.,
Νέστωρ Χέρνιβά τ’ οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο Nestor began [the sacrifice]
with the washing of hands and sprinkling the barley on the victim's head,
Od. 3.445 : abs.,
Hdt. 4.60 ,
103 ,
And. 1.126 ;
κατάρχομαι μέν, σφάγια δ’ ἄλλοισιν μέλει I
begin the rite, 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 make a beginning of the victim, i. e.
consecrate him
for sacrifice by cutting off the hair of his forehead,
Ar. Av. 959 ;
ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ (sc.
Ἡρακλέος)
πρὸς τῷ βωμῷ κατάρχοντο Hdt. 2.45 ;
πῶς δ’ 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.
ShortDef
to make beginning of
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κατάρχω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καταρχω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κατάρχ-ω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make beginning of</span> a thing, c.gen., <span class="foreign greek">τίνες κατῆρξαν .. μάχης</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:351" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:351/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 351 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lead</span> the way, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1019" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1019/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1019 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δεινοῦ λόγου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1135 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγων Χρησίμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:638" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:638/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 638 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:351e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:351e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 351e </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τραυμάτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 7.1 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ κατάρχον αἰσθήσεως, τῆς κινήσεως</span>, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">source</span> of perception, of motion, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 5.588 </span>: rarely c. acc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">begin</span> a thing, <span class="quote greek">θαυμαστόν τινα λόγον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:283b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:283b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 283b </a> : c. part., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">begin</span> doing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:58/canonical-url/"> 4.5.58 </a>: abs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 177e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:399a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:399a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 399a15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">θανόντα δεσπόταν γόοις κατάρξω</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">will lead</span> the dirge over .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1199/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 1199 </a> (lyr., with reference to the religious sense, infr. 11.2). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Med., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">begin</span>, like Act., c. gen., <span class="quote greek">ἐχθρᾶς ἡμέρας κατάρχεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:540" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:540/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 540 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς κατηργμένοις τῆς πορείας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:256d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:256d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 256d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. τῆς προσβολῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:67:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:67:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.67.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ λόγου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.151e </span> : c. acc., <span class="foreign greek">κ. νόμον, στεναγμόν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:685" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:685/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 685 </a> (s. v. l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:960" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:960/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 960 </a> (both lyr.): abs., <span class="foreign greek">κατάρχεται</span> <span class="foreign greek">μέλος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is beginning</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:750" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:750/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 750 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:891" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:891/canonical-url/"> 891 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ -άρξασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 17 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in religious sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">begin the sacrificial ceremonies</span>, once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">Νέστωρ Χέρνιβά τ’ οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nestor</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">began [the sacrifice</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with</span> the washing of hands and sprinkling the barley on the victim\'s head, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.445/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.445 </a>: abs., <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:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:103/canonical-url/"> 103 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.126 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατάρχομαι μέν, σφάγια δ’ ἄλλοισιν μέλει</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">begin the rite</span>, but leave the slaughter of the victim to others, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 40 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν κριθαῖς κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 2.25 </a>: c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">κατάρχεσθαι τοῦ τράγου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make a beginning of</span> the victim, i. e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">consecrate</span> him <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for sacrifice</span> by cutting off the hair of his forehead, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:959" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:959/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 959 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">Ἡρακλέος</span>) <span class="quote greek"> πρὸς τῷ βωμῷ κατάρχοντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.45 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πῶς δ’ αὖ κατάρξῃ θυμάτων</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:573" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:573/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 573 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 56 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1154/canonical-url/"> 1154 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατάρξασθαι τῶν ἱερῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.114 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">σκυτάλην λαβών μου κατήρξατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg029:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg029:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Somn.</span> 3 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 66 </a>:—so later in Act., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:2.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 2.34 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sacrifice, slay</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ξίφει, φασγάνῳ κ</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 74 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1222/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1222 </a> (lyr.):— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ᾗ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τῇ θεᾷ</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> σὸν κατῆρκται σῶμα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hath been devoted</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 601 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Act., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rule, govern</span>, c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.44 </a> (s.v.l.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κατάρξω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">will chastise</span> you .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:12:24r" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:12.24r/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ki.</span> 12.24r </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}