beginning, originating,
ἀρχηγός, Dor.
ἀρχᾱγός,όν,
A. beginning, originating,
λόγος ἀρχηγὸς κακῶν
E. Hipp. 881
;primary, leading, chief,
Τροίας ἀ. τιμάς
Id. Tr. 196
(lyr.); δύο φλέβες ἀ.
Arist. PA 666b25
.
II. asSubst.,founder,of a tutelary hero, S. OC 60 ; as fem.,ancestral heroine,
B. 8.51 ; τοῦ γένους
Isoc. 3.28
, cf. D.S. 5.56 ; τῆς πόλεως θεὸς ἀ. τίς ἐστιν
Pl. Ti. 21e
;founder of a family,
Arist. EN 1162a4 .
2. prince, chief,
Δία ἀ. θεῶν
B. 5.179
, cf. A. Ag. 259 ;chief captain, leader,
Ἑλλάνων
Simon. 138
; Βεβρύκων
Theoc. 22.110
; ἀ. ἱερέων
CIG 6798
(Dijon), cf. 2882 (Milet.).
3. first cause, originator,
κοπίδων
Heraclit. 81
; πράγματος
X. HG 3.3.4
, cf. Din. 3.7 , Isoc. 12.101 ; συγχύσεως
SIG 684.8
(Dyme,ii B.C.); φόνου
POxy. 1241 iii 35
; σωτηρίας
Ep.Hebr. 2.10
; Θαλῆς ὁ τῆς τοιαύτης ἀ. φιλοσοφίας
Arist. Metaph. 983b20
; τῆς τέχνης
Sosip. 1.14
; τὸ ἀ. the originating power,
Pl. Cra. 401d
, cf. Sph. 243d ;primary, fundamental,
ἀρχηγὸν ἡ φωνή
Phld. Po. 2.19
.
