ἄρχω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”)[1].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ár.kʰɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.kʰo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.xo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.xo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.xo/
Verb
ἄρχω • (árkhō)
- (transitive) To begin [+genitive = something, from something, with something]
- (transitive) To lead, rule, govern, command [+genitive = someone]; [+dative = someone]
- (intransitive) To be ruler; to hold an archonship
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓́ρχω, ᾰ̓́ρχομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἦρχον | ἦρχες | ἦρχε(ν) | ἤρχετον | ἠρχέτην | ἤρχομεν | ἤρχετε | ἦρχον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠρχόμην | ἤρχου | ἤρχετο | ἤρχεσθον | ἠρχέσθην | ἠρχόμεθᾰ | ἤρχεσθε | ἤρχοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- Ἀγάθαρχος (Agátharkhos)
- Ἀλέξαρχος (Aléxarkhos)
- ἀπάρχομαι (apárkhomai)
- ἀπάρχω (apárkhō)
- Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarkhos)
- Ἀρχέδημος (Arkhédēmos)
- Ἀρχέλᾱος (Arkhélāos)
- Αρχιγένης (Arkhigénēs)
- Ἀρχίλοχος (Arkhílokhos)
- Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs)
- Ἀρχίᾱς (Arkhíās)
- διάρχω (diárkhō)
- Δικαίαρχος (Dikaíarkhos)
- ἐνάρχομαι (enárkhomai)
- ἐξάρχω (exárkhō)
- ἐπάρχω (epárkhō)
- Ἵππαρχος (Hípparkhos)
- κατάρχω (katárkhō)
- Κλέαρχος (Kléarkhos)
- Κλείταρχος (Kleítarkhos)
- Πλούταρχος (Ploútarkhos)
- προάρχω (proárkhō)
- προσάρχομαι (prosárkhomai)
- συνάρχω (sunárkhō)
- Τίμαρχος (Tímarkhos)
- ὑπάρχω (hupárkhō)
- χῐμᾰ́ρᾰρχος (khimárarkhos)
- Ᾰ̓ρχέδῐκος (Arkhédikos)
- Ᾰ̓ρχέστρᾰτος (Arkhéstratos)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
Further reading
- “ἄρχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄρχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄρχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄρχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἄρχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄρχω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄρχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G757 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Pronunciation
Verb
ἄρχω • (árkhō)
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