ἀρχὴ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Beginning, origin, or first cause; also the ruling power or office, hence “rule” or “authority.” In philosophy it can denote a fundamental “principle” or “first element.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἀρχὴ"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: 1st declension (alpha-stem; uses eta in nominative singular: ἀρχή)

Note on form: The provided form ἀρχὴ is the nominative singular with grave accent (typically used when the word is not sentence-final); lexically accented ἀρχή with acute.

Related Forms of ἀρχή

10 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Archai nominative or genitive or vocative, plural, femini... ἀρχῇ dative, singular, feminine αρχή nominative, singular, feminine ἀρχάς accusative, plural, feminine αρχη nominative, singular, feminine ἀρχῆς genitive, singular, feminine αρχῃ dative, singular, feminine αρχην accusative, singular, feminine ἀρχαὶ nominative (or vocative), plural, feminine ἀρχή nominative, singular, feminine

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