ἐξάρχ-ω,
begin, take the lead in, initiate, with genitive, Θέτις δ᾽ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.51; μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.19, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.606; ἐξῆρχον ἀοιδῆς Μοῦσαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 205 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξάρχετε φωνᾷ (i.e. τῆς μολπῆς) [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.25; πτολέμω 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 26; ἐ. πετροβολίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.15; παιᾶνος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 22; δόγματος [prev. author] “Galb.” 8, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—middle, κακῆς ἐξάρχετο βουλῆς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.339. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, βουλὰς ἐξάρχων ἀγαθάς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.273; χορούς “Hymni Homerici” 27.18; ἐ. παιήονα 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 76; ᾠδάν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.62; παιᾶνα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.58 (so in _middle_, 4.1.6):] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, ἐξάρχου κανᾶ (compare ἐνάρχομαι) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 435: with double _accusative_, εἰ δέ μ᾽ ῷδ᾽ ἀεὶ λόγους (variant{λόγοις}) ἐξῆρχες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 557; μολπὰν.. οἵαν ἐξῆρχον θεούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 152 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 teach, οἱ λόγων ἁπτόμενοι ἀσεβῶν ἄλλοις τε ἐξάρχοντες [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 891d; ἐ. ὅρκον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]dictate.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 743: also, ={διδάσκω} 111, οἱ -οντες τὸν διθύραμβον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449a11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]