of
ἀρχικός,ή,όν, (ἀρχή)
A. oforfor rule, royal,
πυθμήν
A. Ch. 260
; γένος
Th. 2.80
;official,
δικαστήριον
Chor.
in Rev.Phil. 1.219 : neut. pl.ἀρχικάasSubst., perh.presents demanded by officials on entering office,
PTeb. 3.57A22 .
2. of persons,fit for rule, command,oroffice,
Pl. Prt. 352b , al., Isoc. 2.24 ;having served as magistrates, CIG 2774 (Aphrodisias): c. gen., ἀνθρώπων
X. Mem. 1.1.16
; νεώς
Pl. R. 488d
; φύσει ἀρχικὸν πατὴρ υἱῶν
Arist. EN 1161a18
; ἔστιν -κώτατα τῶν γενῶν Σκύθαι καὶ Θρᾷκες καὶ Πέρσαι
Isoc. 4.67
.Adv.
-κῶς, ἔχοντες
Lib. Or. 11.148
; ἱερατικῶς καὶ ἀ. φυλαττόμενα
Just. Nov. 58
.
3. dominant, sovereign, ἡ ἀρχικωτάτη ἐπιστήμηthesovereignscience, i.e.σοφία,
Arist. Metaph. 982b4 ; τὴν ἀ. χώραν ἔχειν
Id. PA 665b18
;ἀ. ἀρετή,opp.ὑπηρετική,
Id. Pol. 1260a23 :—Math.,principal, ἀ. συμπτώματα,of the properties of a curve, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1
Praef.;ἀ. διάμετροι principaldiameters, ib. 1.51 .
II. belonging to
ἀρχαί
11.6
, Dam. Pr. 130 , 344 .
III. primal, original,
γένεσις
Phld. D. 3.14
; -κώτατον αἴτιον
S.E. M. 9.5
.Adv. -κῶςib. 1.46 .
2. ἀ. σχῆμα ποιήσεωςin which the poetcommences withan invocation of the Muses, Zeus, etc., Anon. Fig. p.149S.
