1. ἀρχή · archē — Beekes
begin, origin
The corpus record
ἀρχή
arche
begin, origin
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- 2 John 2 · 82.64/10k
- De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 15 · 81.61/10k
- De Divinatione per Somnum 8 · 66.72/10k
- On the Scrutiny of Evandros 8 · 57.97/10k
- Athenian Constitution 91 · 55.88/10k
- Metaphysics 420 · 53.49/10k
- Politics 337 · 51.6/10k
- Olympic Oration 2 · 46.3/10k
- De Memoria et Reminiscentia 10 · 41.61/10k
- Evagoras 16 · 34.81/10k
- For The Soldier 3 · 34.6/10k
- Against Leochares 14 · 34.08/10k
Densest 12 of 276 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἀρχὴ · archē — Frisk
Anfang, Ursprung
3. ἀρχε- · arche- — LSJ
4. ἀρχή · archē — LSJ
beginning, origin
Attestations
- ἀρχῆς · archēs Iliad 3.100
- ἀρχή · archē Iliad 11.604
- ἀρχή · archē Iliad 22.116
- ἀρχῆς · archēs Odyssey 1.188
- ἀρχῆς · archēs Odyssey 2.254
- ἀρχὴ · archē Odyssey 8.81
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 192; entry #754 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 188; entry #726 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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