"κατ' αρχήν" meaning in Greek

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Prepositional phrase

Forms: κατ’ αρχήν [canonical], kat’ archín [romanization]
Etymology: Ancient Greek set phrase. Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|el|prepositional phrase|head=κατ’ αρχήν}} κατ’ αρχήν • (kat’ archín)
  1. in principle
    Sense id: en-κατ'_αρχήν-el-prep_phrase-YN6OxLxU
  2. (misuse) initially, at first Synonyms: κατ' αρχάς
    Sense id: en-κατ'_αρχήν-el-prep_phrase-YwKhNNuF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: καταρχήν (katarchín) Related terms (see): αρχή (archí) (english: beginning) [feminine]
Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek undefined derivations Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 0 0 Disambiguation of 'see': 0 0

Download JSON data for κατ' αρχήν meaning in Greek (1.9kB)

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