κατάρχω
katarchōVerbG7914
to rule
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1.to make beginning of a thing, with genitive, (Aeschulus Tragicus); *ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν *to lead the way, (Sophocles Tragicus):—; rarely with accusative to begin a thing, (Plato Philosophus):—;with participle to begin doing, (Xenophon Historicus)
2.to honour, (Euripides)
3.Mid. to make a beginning, to begin, like Act., with genitive, (Euripides); also with accusative, (Euripides): absolute, *κατάρχεται μέλος *is beginning, (Euripides)
4.in religious sense, to begin the sacrificial ceremonies, Νέστωρ χέρνιβά τt *οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο *Nestor began [the sacrifice] with the washing of hands and sprinkling the barley on the victim's head, (Odyssey by Homer); *κατάρχομαι *I begin the function, (Euripides):—. e. consecrate him for sacrifice by cutting off the hair of his forehead, (Aristophanes Comicus); *πῶς δ᾽ αὖ κατάρξει θυμάτω; *(Euripides)
5.to sacrifice, slay, (Euripides):—;Pass., *σὸν κατῆρκται σῶμα *hath been devoted, (Euripides)
6.simply, to strike, (Plutarch)
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