καταρχ-ή,ἡ,
A. beginning, πράγματος
BGU 1209.11
(i B.C.), cf. Callicr. ap. Stob. 4.28.16 , Plb. 2.12.8 ; κ. διαφορᾶς
Id. 22.4.14
,al.; ἀνέμου
Mim. Oxy. 413.213
.
II. Astrol.,forecast of an undertaking, voyage, etc., Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99 , Vett.Val. 187.15 (pl.);περὶ καταρχῶν, title of poems by Maximus and Heph.Astr.
III. part of victim first offered,
IG 22.1359 .
IV. primacy, sovereignty, τοῦ ἁθρόου
Epicur. Fr. 314
;starting-point, basis, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.246 ;τὰς Χάριτας[εἶναι]τὰς ἡμετέρας κ. Phld. Piet. 14 .