Beginning

The genitive is used with verbs of beginning.

a. Partitive: ἔφη Κῦρον ἄρχειν τοῦ λόγου ὧδε he said that Cyrus began the discussion as follows X. A. 1.6.5, τοῦ λόγου ἤρχετο ὧδε he began his speech as follows 3. 2. 7. On ἄρχειν as distinguished from ἄρχεσθαι see 1734. 5.

b. Ablatival (1391) denoting the point of departure: σέο δ᾽ ἄρξομαι I will make a beginning with thee I 97. In this sense ἀπό or ἐξ is usually added: ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ σοῦ D. 18.297, ἄρξομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ῑ̓ᾱτρικῆς λέγων I will make a beginning by speaking of medicine P. S. 186b.

With verbs signifying to begin, cease, endure, grow weary of an action.

ἄρχομαι begin (2128), παύω cause to cease, παύομαι, λήγω cease, ἀπολείπω, διαλείπω, ἐπιλείπω leave off, ἐλλείπω support, καρτερῶ endure (do something patiently), κάμνω grow weary, ἀπαγορεύω give up, etc.

ἄρξομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ῑ̓ᾱτρικῆς λέγων I will begin my speech with the healing art P. S. 186b, παύσω τοῦτο γιγνόμενον I will put a stop to this happening P. G. 523c, παῦσαι λέγουσα lit. stop talking E. Hipp. 706, οὐπώποτε διέλειπον ζητῶν I never left off seeking X. Ap. 16, ἀνέχου πάσχων support thy sufferings E. fr. 1090, οὔτε τότ᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν ἀκούων κτλ. neither then did I listen patiently, etc., Aes. 3.118, μὴ κάμῃς φίλον ἄνδρα εὐεργετῶν do not grow weary of doing good to your friend P. G. 470c, ἀπείρηκα . . . τὰ ὅπλα φέρων καὶ ἐν τάξει ἰὼν καὶ φυλακᾱ̀ς φυλάττων καὶ μαχόμενος I am tired of carrying my arms and going in the ranks and mounting guard and fighting X. A. 5.1.2.

a. Verbs signifying to support, endure ordinarily take the present participle; but there are cases of the complexive aorist in reference to acts to which one must submit despite all resistance: so, with ἀνέχομαι, X. C. 6.2.18, D. 41.1; cp. οὐκ ἠνέσχεσθε ἀκούσαντες L. 13.8 (Hdt. 5.89) with οὐκ ἠνείχοντο ἀκούοντες X. H. 6.5.49. The aorist participle seems not to be used with the object of ἀνέχομαι.