ἀρχή

See also: αρχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /arkʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /arkʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /arxí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /arçí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aɾçí/

Noun

ἀρχή • (arkhḗ) (genitive ἀρχῆς) f, first declension

1. beginning, origin
2. sovereignty, dominion, authority

Inflection

First declension of ἀρχή, ἀρχῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρχή	τὼ ἀρχά	αἱ ἀρχαί
Genitive	τῆς ἀρχῆς	τοῖν ἀρχαῖν	τῶν ἀρχῶν
Dative	τῇ ἀρχῇ	τοῖν ἀρχαῖν	ταῖς ἀρχαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ἀρχήν	τὼ ἀρχά	τὰς ἀρχάς
Vocative	ἀρχή	ἀρχά	ἀρχαί

Derived terms

• ἐθνάρχης (ethnárkhēs)

References

• ἀρχή in A Greek–English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G746