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καταρχ-ή

katarche · ἡ

beginning, forecast of an undertaking, voyage, part of victim first offered

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Where it lives

Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

καταρχ-ή · katarch-ē — LSJ

beginning

beginning, πράγματος BGU 1209.11 (i B.C.), cf. Callicr. ap. Stob. 4.28.16, Plb. 2.12.8; κ. διαφορᾶς Id. 22.4.14, al.; ἀνέμου Mim. Oxy. 413.213.

II forecast of an undertaking, voyage

Astrol., forecast of an undertaking, voyage, etc., Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99, Vett.Val. 187.15 (pl.); περὶ καταρχῶν, title of poems by Maximus and Heph.Astr.

III part of victim first offered

part of victim first offered, IG 2(2).1359.

IV primacy, sovereignty, starting-point, basis

primacy, sovereignty, τοῦ ἁθρόου Epicur. Fr. 314; starting-point, basis, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.246; τὰς Χάριτας [εἶναι] τὰς ἡμετέρας κ. Phld. Piet. 14.

In the wild

καταρχάς · katarchas Plotinus, Enneads 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 3479)

Where it came from

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