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ἐξάρχω

exarcho

begin, take the lead in, initiate

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξάρχω, A. begin, take the lead in, initiate, c. gen., Θέτις δʼ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο Il. 18.51; μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες Od. 4.19, Il. 18.606; ἐξῆρχον ἀοιδῆς Μοῦσαι Hes. Sc. 205; ἐξάρχετε φωνᾷ (sc. τῆς μολπῆς) Pi. N. 2.25; πτολέμω Corinn. 26; ἐ. πετροβολίας X. An. 6.6.15; παιᾶνος Plu. Lyc. 22; δόγματος Id. Galb. 8, etc.:—Med., κακῆς ἐξάρχετο βουλῆς Od. 12.339. 2. c. acc., βουλὰς ἐξάρχων ἀγαθάς Il. 2.273; χορούς h.Hom. 27.18; ἐ. παιήονα Archil. 76; ᾠδάν Theoc. 8.62; παιᾶνα X. Cyr. 3.3.58 (so in Med., 4.1.6):—Med., ἐξάρχου κανᾶ (cf. ἐνάρχομαι) E. IA 435: c. dupl. acc., εἰ δέ μʼ ῷδʼ ἀεὶ λόγους (v.l. λόγοις) ἐξῆρχες S. El. 557; μολπὰν . . οἵαν ἐξῆρχον θεούς E. Tr. 152 (lyr.). 3. teach, οἱ λόγων ἁπτόμενοι ἀσεβῶν ἄλλοις τε ἐξάρχοντες Pl. Lg. 891d; ἐ. ὅρκον dictate . ., E. IT 743: also, = διδάσκω III, οἱ -οντες τὸν διθύραμβον Arist. Po. 1449a11. 4. hold office, Polem. Cyn. 18; rule, c. gen., Eustr in EN 2.32. 5. c. part., ἐξάρχεσθαι ἀεθλεύων A.R. 1.362.
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