ἀπάρχομαι,
make a beginning, especially in sacrifice; τρίχας ἀπάρχεσθαι begin the sacrifice with the hair, i.e. by cutting off the hair from the forehead and throwing it into the fire, κάπρου ἀπὸ τρίχας ἀρξάμενος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.254; ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἀπαρχόμενος τρίχας ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.422: _absolutely_, 3.446. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II later with genitive, cut off part of a thing, offer it, τοῦ ὠτὸς τοῦ κτήνεος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.188; ἀ. κόμης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 91] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν κρεῶν καὶ σπλάγχνων offer part of them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.61: hence, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 offer the first-lings or first-fruits, πάντων of all sacrifices, [[ [prev. author] 3.24] Refs]: absolutely, begin a sacrifice, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 244, “Pax” 1056, etc.; ἀ. τοῖς θεοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 4.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπηργμένοι, of eunuchs, having had their first-fruits offered, [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 39.11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 metaphorically, take as the first-fruits, take as the choice or best, δικαστήν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 767c] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, offer first-fruits, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.109. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III generally, offer, dedicate, χρυσᾶς (i.e. δραχμάς) [[ “IG” 2.652 B 19, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 27, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.406 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]