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ἀρχή (arche): all forms

ἀρχή means “beginning; rule, office, command”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Feminine
Nominativeἀρχή
Genitiveἀρχῆς
Dativeἀρχῇ
Accusativeἀρχήν
Vocativeἀρχή
Forms, plural
Feminine
Nominativeἀρχαί
Genitiveἀρχῶν
Dativeἀρχαῖς
Accusativeἀρχάς
Vocativeἀρχαί

Meaning and examples of ἀρχή

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.