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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- ( “ to begin, rule, command ” ) . Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs , from *h₃reǵ- .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ár.kʰɔː/ → /ˈar.xo/ → /ˈar.xo/
Verb
ἄρχω • (árkhō )
( transitive ) to begin
( transitive ) to lead , rule , govern , command ;
( intransitive ) to be ruler ; to hold an archonship
Inflection
number
singular
dual
plural
first
second
third
second
third
first
second
third
active
indicative
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰ
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰς
ᾰ̓́ρξε (ν )
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰτον
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́την
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰμεν
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰτε
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰν
subjunctive
ᾰ̓́ρξω ,ᾰ̓́ρξωμῐ
ᾰ̓́ρξῃς ,ᾰ̓́ρξῃσθᾰ
ᾰ̓́ρξῃ ,ᾰ̓́ρξῃσῐ
ᾰ̓́ρξητον
ᾰ̓́ρξητον
ᾰ̓́ρξωμεν
ᾰ̓́ρξητε
ᾰ̓́ρξωσῐ (ν )
optative
ᾰ̓́ρξαιμῐ
ᾰ̓́ρξαις ,ᾰ̓́ρξαισθᾰ ,ᾰ̓́ρξειᾰς
ᾰ̓́ρξειε (ν ),ᾰ̓́ρξαι
ᾰ̓ρξεῖτον
ᾰ̓ρξείτην
ᾰ̓ρξεῖμεν
ᾰ̓ρξεῖτε
ᾰ̓ρξεῖεν
imperative
ᾰ̓́ρξον
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́τω
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰτον
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́των
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰτε
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́ντων
middle
indicative
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́μην
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰο
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰτο
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰσθον
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́σθην
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́με (σ )θᾰ
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰσθε
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰντο
subjunctive
ᾰ̓́ρξωμαι
ᾰ̓́ρξηαι
ᾰ̓́ρξηται
ᾰ̓́ρξησθον
ᾰ̓́ρξησθον
ᾰ̓ρξώμε (σ )θᾰ
ᾰ̓́ρξησθε
ᾰ̓́ρξωνται
optative
ᾰ̓ρξαίμην
ᾰ̓́ρξαιο
ᾰ̓́ρξαιτο
ᾰ̓́ρξαισθον
ᾰ̓ρξαίσθην
ᾰ̓ρξαίμε (σ )θᾰ
ᾰ̓́ρξαισθε
ᾰ̓ρξαίᾰτο
imperative
ᾰ̓́ρξαι
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́σθω
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰσθον
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́σθων
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰσθε
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́σθων
passive
indicative
ᾰ̓́ρχθην
ᾰ̓́ρχθης
ᾰ̓́ρχθη
ᾰ̓́ρχθητον
ᾰ̓ρχθήτην
ᾰ̓́ρχθημεν
ᾰ̓́ρχθητε
ᾰ̓́ρχθησᾰν ,ᾰ̓́ρχθεν
subjunctive
ᾰ̓ρχθῶ
ᾰ̓ρχθῇς
ᾰ̓ρχθῇ
ᾰ̓ρχθῆτον
ᾰ̓ρχθῆτον
ᾰ̓ρχθῶμεν
ᾰ̓ρχθῆτε
ᾰ̓ρχθῶσῐ (ν )
optative
ᾰ̓ρχθείην
ᾰ̓ρχθείης
ᾰ̓ρχθείη
ᾰ̓ρχθεῖτον ,ᾰ̓ρχθείητον
ᾰ̓ρχθείτην ,ᾰ̓ρχθειήτην
ᾰ̓ρχθεῖμεν ,ᾰ̓ρχθείημεν
ᾰ̓ρχθεῖτε ,ᾰ̓ρχθείητε
ᾰ̓́ρχθειεν ,ᾰ̓ρχθείησᾰν
imperative
ᾰ̓́ρχθητῐ
ᾰ̓ρχθήτω
ᾰ̓́ρχθητον
ᾰ̓ρχθήτων
ᾰ̓́ρχθητε
ᾰ̓ρχθέντων
active
middle
passive
infinitive
ᾰ̓́ρξαι /ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́μεν /ᾰ̓ρξᾰμέναι
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰσθαι
ᾰ̓ρχθῆναι /ᾰ̓ρχθήμεναι
participle
m
ᾰ̓́ρξᾱς
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́μενος
ᾰ̓ρχθείς
f
ᾰ̓́ρξᾱσᾰ
ᾰ̓ρξᾰμένη
ᾰ̓ρχθεῖσᾰ
n
ᾰ̓́ρξᾰν
ᾰ̓ρξᾰ́μενον
ᾰ̓ρχθέν
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Greek: άρχω ( árcho ) ( learned )
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
References
^ Watkins, Calvert (1985 ) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots , Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011 ) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction , 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan , Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company