"ἀρχή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀρχή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ar.kʰɛ̌ː/, /arˈçi/, /arˈçi/, /ar.kʰɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /arˈkʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /arˈçi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /arˈçi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /arˈçi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|ἄρχω|-η|id2=zero grade|pos2=verbal noun suffix|t1=to begin, to be first in order}} ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓ρχή|ᾰ̓ρχῆς|f|first}} ᾰ̓ρχή • (arkhḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρχῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓ρχή|ᾰ̓ρχῆς}}, {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓ρχά|ᾰ̓ρχᾶς||dial=dor}} Forms: ᾰ̓ρχή [canonical], arkhḗ [romanization], ᾰ̓ρχῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ᾰ̓ρχή [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ᾰ̓ρχαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ᾰ̓ρχῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ᾰ̓ρχῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ᾰ̓ρχῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ᾰ̓ρχήν [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓ρχή [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓ρχαί [plural, vocative], declension-1 [table-tags], ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [dual, nominative], ταὶ ᾰ̓ρχαί [nominative, plural], τᾶς ᾰ̓ρχᾶς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν [dual, genitive], τᾶν ᾰ̓ρχᾶν [genitive, plural], τᾷ ᾰ̓ρχᾷ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς [dative, plural], τᾱ̀ν ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ν [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓ρχαί [plural, vocative]
  1. beginning, origin
    Sense id: en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-FUn4cWAp Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade) Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 55 20 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade): 38 17 45
  2. sovereignty, dominion, authority
    Sense id: en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-1BnFEOu8 Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade) Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade): 38 17 45
  3. the end of a rope or stick, the corner of a sheet
    Sense id: en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-oCKDsqhu Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 31 15 53 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade): 38 17 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 6 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 5 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (arkhaîos), ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon), -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs), Ἀρχέτῑμος (Arkhétīmos)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "arkhaîos",
      "word": "ᾰ̓ρχαῖος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "arkheîon",
      "word": "ἀρχεῖον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "-árkhēs",
      "word": "-ᾰ́ρχης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Arkhétīmos",
      "word": "Ἀρχέτῑμος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲁⲣⲭⲏ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲭⲏ (arkhē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲭⲏ (arkhē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αρχή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αρχή (archí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αρχή (archí)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄρχω",
        "3": "-η",
        "id2": "zero grade",
        "pos2": "verbal noun suffix",
        "t1": "to begin, to be first in order"
      },
      "expansion": "ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arkhḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "roman": "hē arkhḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "hai arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
      "roman": "tês arkhês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓ρχῶν",
      "roman": "tôn arkhôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓ρχῇ",
      "roman": "têi arkhêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs arkhaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓ρχήν",
      "roman": "tḕn arkhḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s arkhā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "roman": "arkhḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "hā arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταὶ ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "taì arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶς ᾰ̓ρχᾶς",
      "roman": "tâs arkhâs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶν ᾰ̓ρχᾶν",
      "roman": "tân arkhân",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾷ ᾰ̓ρχᾷ",
      "roman": "tâi arkhâi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs arkhaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ν ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ν",
      "roman": "tā̀n arkhā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s arkhā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾰ̓ρχή • (arkhḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρχῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχά",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχᾶς",
        "3": "",
        "dial": "dor"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the beginning, God made the sky and the earth.",
          "ref": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 1.1",
          "roman": "En arkhêi epoíēsen ho theòs tòn ouranòn kaì tḕn gên.",
          "text": "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν."
        },
        {
          "english": "In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was with God, and God was the word.",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 1:1",
          "roman": "En arkhêi ên ho lógos, kaì ho lógos ên pròs tòn theón, kaì theòs ên ho lógos.",
          "text": "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-FUn4cWAp",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sovereignty, dominion, authority"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-1BnFEOu8",
      "links": [
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ],
        [
          "dominion",
          "dominion"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 15 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 5 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Peter] beholds […] a great sheet, tied by four corners, and being let down on the earth.",
          "ref": "New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 10:11",
          "text": "[Πέτρος] θεωρεῖ […] ὀθόνην μεγάλην, τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμένον, καὶ καθιέμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς\n[Pétros] theōreî […] othónēn megálēn, téssarsin arkhaîs dedeménon, kaì kathiémenon epì tês gês"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the end of a rope or stick, the corner of a sheet"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀρχή-grc-noun-oCKDsqhu",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "sheet",
          "sheet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ar.kʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ar.kʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈkʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀρχή"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (zero grade)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "arkhaîos",
      "word": "ᾰ̓ρχαῖος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "arkheîon",
      "word": "ἀρχεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-árkhēs",
      "word": "-ᾰ́ρχης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Arkhétīmos",
      "word": "Ἀρχέτῑμος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲁⲣⲭⲏ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲭⲏ (arkhē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲭⲏ (arkhē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αρχή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αρχή (archí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αρχή (archí)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄρχω",
        "3": "-η",
        "id2": "zero grade",
        "pos2": "verbal noun suffix",
        "t1": "to begin, to be first in order"
      },
      "expansion": "ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to be first in order”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arkhḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "roman": "hē arkhḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "hai arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
      "roman": "tês arkhês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓ρχῶν",
      "roman": "tôn arkhôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓ρχῇ",
      "roman": "têi arkhêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs arkhaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓ρχήν",
      "roman": "tḕn arkhḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s arkhā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
      "roman": "arkhḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾱ̔ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "hā arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταὶ ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "taì arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶς ᾰ̓ρχᾶς",
      "roman": "tâs arkhâs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾶν ᾰ̓ρχᾶν",
      "roman": "tân arkhân",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾷ ᾰ̓ρχᾷ",
      "roman": "tâi arkhâi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn arkhaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓ρχαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs arkhaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ν ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ν",
      "roman": "tā̀n arkhā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s arkhā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχᾱ́",
      "roman": "arkhā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓ρχαί",
      "roman": "arkhaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾰ̓ρχή • (arkhḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρχῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχή",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓ρχά",
        "2": "ᾰ̓ρχᾶς",
        "3": "",
        "dial": "dor"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the beginning, God made the sky and the earth.",
          "ref": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 1.1",
          "roman": "En arkhêi epoíēsen ho theòs tòn ouranòn kaì tḕn gên.",
          "text": "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν."
        },
        {
          "english": "In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was with God, and God was the word.",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 1:1",
          "roman": "En arkhêi ên ho lógos, kaì ho lógos ên pròs tòn theón, kaì theòs ên ho lógos.",
          "text": "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sovereignty, dominion, authority"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sovereignty",
          "sovereignty"
        ],
        [
          "dominion",
          "dominion"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Peter] beholds […] a great sheet, tied by four corners, and being let down on the earth.",
          "ref": "New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 10:11",
          "text": "[Πέτρος] θεωρεῖ […] ὀθόνην μεγάλην, τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμένον, καὶ καθιέμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς\n[Pétros] theōreî […] othónēn megálēn, téssarsin arkhaîs dedeménon, kaì kathiémenon epì tês gês"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the end of a rope or stick, the corner of a sheet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "sheet",
          "sheet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ar.kʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ar.kʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈkʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈçi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀρχή"
}

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