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ἀρχαῖος , α, ον, (ἀρχή I)
A.from the beginning or origin:
2. old-fashioned, antiquated, A.Pr.317 (lyr.), Ar.Nu.984, D.22.14; of literary style, Demetr.Eloc.244.
b. simple, silly, Ar.Nu.915, al., Pherecr. 205; “-ότερος εἶ τοῦ δέοντοςPl.Euthd.295c, etc.
4. old, worn out,ὑποδήματαX.An.4.5.14; “πινάκιαBGU781i1 (i A. D.).
II. of persons, “Θέμιν . . ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον ΔιόςPi.Fr.6.5; . θεαί, of the Erinyes, A.Eu.728; “ΠέλοψS.Aj.1292; οἱ . the Ancients, name given by Arist. to the pre-Socratics, Metaph. 1069a25, GC314a6; in Lit. Crit., ancient, classical writers, Demetr. Eloc.15,67; in Plot., the philosophers down to Aristotle, 5.1.9; in NT, the Fathers, Ev.Matt.5.21, al.
2. ancient, old, βαλὴν ., of Darius, A.Pers.657 (lyr.); “λάτριςE.Hec.609; “ἑταῖροςX.Mem.2.8.1; οἱ . κύριοι the original owners, BGU992 ii 6 (ii B. C.); τὰς . πόλεις (banished from) their original cities, Polystr.p.22 W.; . μαθητής an original disciple, Act.Ap.21.16; “. μύστηςInscr.Magn.215b; παιδαγωγὸς ., i.e of old, formerly, E.El.287, cf.853.
III. neut. as Adv., τὸ ἀρχαῖον, Ion. contr. τὠρχαῖον, anciently, Hdt.1.56, 173, al., Att.“τἀρχαῖονA.Supp.326; “ἀπὸ τοῦ .Hdt.4.117; “ἐξ ἀρχαίωνD.S.1.14.
IV. irreg. Comp. “ἀρχαιέστεροςPi.Fr.45 (on ἀρχέστατος v. h. v.); usual Comp. “-ότεροςAr.Av.469: Sup. “-ότατοςHdt.1.105, etc.
V. as Subst., τὸ ἀρχαῖον, of money, prime cost,πλέον τοῦ .X.Vect.3.2; principal, mostly in pl., Ar.Nu.1156, etc.; “τἀρχαῖα ἀποδιδόναιD.34.26, etc.; τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀπέστησαν lost their capital, Id.1.15: opp. ἔργον, Id.27.10; opp. πρόσοδοι, Is.6.38.
2. ἀρχαίη, , = ἀρχή, Eust.475.1, etc.
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