ἀρξαμένη (arxamene)

ἀρξαμένη is an Ancient Greek form of ἄρχω, meaning “to begin; to rule, lead”. It is the aorist middle participle nominative singular feminine.

Found 52 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Antony 52.1: τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν Μήδων γίνεται διαφορὰ πρὸς Φραόρτην τὸν Πάρθον, ἀρξαμένη μέν, ὥς φασιν, ὑπὲρ τῶν Ῥωμαϊκῶν λαφύρων, ὑπόνοιαν δὲ τῷ Μήδῳ καὶ φόβον ἀφαιρέσεως τῆς ἀρχῆς παρασχοῦσα. διὸ …

Plato, Republic 5.460·2: … έτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς τὰ εἴκοσι ἔτη γυναικί, ἀνδρὶ δὲ τὰ τριάκοντα; τὰ ποῖα αὐτῶν; ἔφη. γυναικὶ μέν, ἦν δʼ ἐγώ, ἀρξαμένῃ ἀπὸ εἰκοσιέτιδος μέχρι τετταρακονταέτιδος τίκτειν τῇ πόλει· ἀνδρὶ δέ, ἐπειδὰν τὴν ὀξυτάτην δρόμου ἀκμὴν παρῇ, …

Arrian, Tactica 40.3: ἐπελαύνουσι δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ πρόσθεν ἐγκλίνοντες ἐπὶ δόρυ, ἐπελαυνόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τοῦ βήματος ἄρξαμένη ἄλλη ἐπέλασις γίγνεται ἐς κύκλον ἐπιστρέφουσα.

All forms of ἄρχω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.