ἐξάρχω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐξ- (ex-) +‎ ἄρχω (árkhō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sár.kʰɔː/ → /ekˈsar.xo/ → /ekˈsar.xo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sár.kʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈsar.kʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsar.xo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈsar.xo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈsar.xo/

Verb

ἐξάρχω • (exárkhō)

1. to begin, lead off

Inflection

   Present: ἐξᾰ́ρχω, ἐξᾰ́ρχομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐξᾰ́ρχω	ἐξᾰ́ρχεις	ἐξᾰ́ρχει	ἐξᾰ́ρχετον	ἐξᾰ́ρχετον	ἐξᾰ́ρχομεν	ἐξᾰ́ρχετε	ἐξᾰ́ρχουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐξᾰ́ρχω	ἐξᾰ́ρχῃς	ἐξᾰ́ρχῃ	ἐξᾰ́ρχητον	ἐξᾰ́ρχητον	ἐξᾰ́ρχωμεν	ἐξᾰ́ρχητε	ἐξᾰ́ρχωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιμῐ	ἐξᾰ́ρχοις	ἐξᾰ́ρχοι	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιτον	ἐξᾰρχοίτην	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιμεν	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιτε	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιεν
	imperative		ἔξᾰρχε	ἐξᾰρχέτω	ἐξᾰ́ρχετον	ἐξᾰρχέτων		ἐξᾰ́ρχετε	ἐξᾰρχόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξᾰ́ρχομαι	ἐξᾰ́ρχῃ, ἐξᾰ́ρχει	ἐξᾰ́ρχεται	ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθον	ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθον	ἐξᾰρχόμεθᾰ	ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθε	ἐξᾰ́ρχονται
	subjunctive	ἐξᾰ́ρχωμαι	ἐξᾰ́ρχῃ	ἐξᾰ́ρχηται	ἐξᾰ́ρχησθον	ἐξᾰ́ρχησθον	ἐξᾰρχώμεθᾰ	ἐξᾰ́ρχησθε	ἐξᾰ́ρχωνται
	optative	ἐξᾰρχοίμην	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιο	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιτο	ἐξᾰ́ρχοισθον	ἐξᾰρχοίσθην	ἐξᾰρχοίμεθᾰ	ἐξᾰ́ρχοισθε	ἐξᾰ́ρχοιντο
	imperative		ἐξᾰ́ρχου	ἐξᾰρχέσθω	ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθον	ἐξᾰρχέσθων		ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθε	ἐξᾰρχέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐξᾰ́ρχειν				ἐξᾰ́ρχεσθαι
participle	m	ἐξᾰ́ρχων				ἐξᾰρχόμενος
	f	ἐξᾰ́ρχουσᾰ				ἐξᾰρχομένη
	n	ἐξᾰ́ρχον				ἐξᾰρχόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐξῆρχον, ἐξηρχόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐξῆρχον	ἐξῆρχες	ἐξῆρχε(ν)	ἐξήρχετον	ἐξηρχέτην	ἐξήρχομεν	ἐξήρχετε	ἐξῆρχον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐξηρχόμην	ἐξήρχου	ἐξήρχετο	ἐξήρχεσθον	ἐξηρχέσθην	ἐξηρχόμεθᾰ	ἐξήρχεσθε	ἐξήρχοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐξῆρξᾰ, ἐξηρξᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐξῆρξᾰ	ἐξῆρξᾰς	ἐξῆρξε(ν)	ἐξήρξᾰτον	ἐξηρξᾰ́την	ἐξήρξᾰμεν	ἐξήρξᾰτε	ἐξῆρξᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐξᾰ́ρξω	ἐξᾰ́ρξῃς	ἐξᾰ́ρξῃ	ἐξᾰ́ρξητον	ἐξᾰ́ρξητον	ἐξᾰ́ρξωμεν	ἐξᾰ́ρξητε	ἐξᾰ́ρξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιμῐ	ἐξᾰ́ρξειᾰς, ἐξᾰ́ρξαις	ἐξᾰ́ρξειε(ν), ἐξᾰ́ρξαι	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιτον	ἐξᾰρξαίτην	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιμεν	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιτε	ἐξᾰ́ρξειᾰν, ἐξᾰ́ρξαιεν
	imperative		ἔξᾰρξον	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́τω	ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰτον	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́των		ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰτε	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐξηρξᾰ́μην	ἐξήρξω	ἐξήρξᾰτο	ἐξήρξᾰσθον	ἐξηρξᾰ́σθην	ἐξηρξᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐξήρξᾰσθε	ἐξήρξᾰντο
	subjunctive	ἐξᾰ́ρξωμαι	ἐξᾰ́ρξῃ	ἐξᾰ́ρξηται	ἐξᾰ́ρξησθον	ἐξᾰ́ρξησθον	ἐξᾰρξώμεθᾰ	ἐξᾰ́ρξησθε	ἐξᾰ́ρξωνται
	optative	ἐξᾰρξαίμην	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιο	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιτο	ἐξᾰ́ρξαισθον	ἐξᾰρξαίσθην	ἐξᾰρξαίμεθᾰ	ἐξᾰ́ρξαισθε	ἐξᾰ́ρξαιντο
	imperative		ἔξᾰρξαι	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́σθω	ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰσθον	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́σθων		ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰσθε	ἐξᾰρξᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐξᾰ́ρξαι			ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰσθαι
participle	m	ἐξᾰ́ρξᾱς			ἐξᾰρξᾰ́μενος
	f	ἐξᾰ́ρξᾱσᾰ			ἐξᾰρξᾰμένη
	n	ἐξᾰ́ρξᾰν			ἐξᾰρξᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἐξάρχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐξάρχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐξάρχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐξάρχω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐξάρχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐξάρχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commence idem, page 147.
  • dictate idem, page 222.