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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>α, ον :<br\/>A<\/b> <i>adj. :<\/i><br\/><b>   I<\/b> primitif, originaire, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> antique, ancien, <i>en parl. de pers. et de choses,<\/i> HDT. <i>5, 88 ;<\/i> ATT. ; παλαιὸς καὶ ἀρχαῖος, de la plus haute antiquité, <i>litt<\/i>. ancien et primitif (<i>cf. lat<\/i>. priscus et vetustus, priscus et antiquus) LYS. <i>107, 40 ;<\/i> DÉM. <i>597, 18 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> plus âgé, <i>p. opp. à<\/i> plus jeune : Κῦρος ὁ ἀ. XÉN. <i>An. 1, 9, 1,<\/i> Cyrus l’ancien ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. suite :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> <i>avec idée de respect,<\/i> antique, vénérable, <i>surt. en parl. des dieux,<\/i> PD. (CLÉM. <i>732<\/i>) ; ESCHL. <i>Eum. 728, ou de la religion,<\/i> EUR. <i>Hec. 609 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> suranné, ESCHL. <i>Pr. 317 ;<\/i> AR. <i>Nub. 984 ;<\/i> DÉM. <i>597, 18 ; joint à<\/i> σαπρός, AR. <i>Pl. 320 ; à<\/i> λίαν πρεσϐυτικός, PLUT. <i>Fab. 25 ; à<\/i> ἀλάζων <i>et<\/i> Κρονικός, LUC. <i>Rh. præc. 10 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> simple, naïf, AR. <i>Nub. 915, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Euthyd. 295<\/i> c ;<br\/><b>B<\/b> <i>subst<\/i>. τὸ ἀρχαῖον :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> fonds d’argent, capital, XÉN. <i>Vect. 3, 2 ; surt. au plur<\/i>. τὰ ἀρχαῖα, AR. <i>Nub. 1155 ;<\/i> DÉM. <i>914 fin, m. sign. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> l’antiquité, <i>d’où adv<\/i>. τὸ ἀρχαῖον, ATT. ; <i>par crase<\/i> τἀρχαῖον. ESCHL. <i>Suppl. 325 ; ion<\/i>. τὠρχαῖον, HDT. <i>1, 56, etc<\/i>. à l’origine, anciennement ; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀρχαίου, HDT. <i>4, 117 ;<\/i> THC. <i>2, 15 ;<\/i> de toute antiquité ;<br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>au plur<\/i>. τὰ ἀρχαῖα, DH. les archives (d’un État).<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Cp<\/i>. -ότερος, AR. <i>Av. 469 ;<\/i> THC. <i>2, 15 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Euthyd. 295<\/i> e, <i>Conv. 195<\/i> b, <i>etc. Cp. irrég<\/i>. ἀρχαιέστερος, PD. <i>(Bkk. 80). • Sup<\/i>. -ότατος, HDT. <i>1, 105, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Crat. 418<\/i> b, <i>Rsp. 574<\/i> c, <i>etc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἀρχή.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "α, ον, (ἀρχή I) <b>from the beginning<\/b> or <b>origin<\/b>; mostly of things, <b>ancient<\/b>, σκότος S. <i>OC<\/i> 106; ἐσθής Hdt. 5.88; δόμοις ἐπασσάλευσαν ἀρχαῖον γάνος A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 579 codd. ; Ζηνὸς ἀρχαίοις νόμοις S. <i>OC<\/i> 1382; χερὸς σῆς πίστιν ἀρχαίαν faith <b>firm for ever<\/b>, <i>ib.<\/i> 1632 codd.<br\/><b>old-fashioned, antiquated<\/b>, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 317 (lyr.), Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 984, D. 22.14; of literary style, Demetr. <i>Eloc.<\/i> 244.<br\/><b>simple, silly<\/b>, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 915, al., Pherecr. 205; ἀρχαιότερος εἶ τοῦ δέοντος Pl. <i>Euthd.<\/i> 295c, etc.<br\/><b>ancient, former<\/b>, τὸ ἀ. ῥέεθον Hdt. 1.75; τοῦ ἀ. λόγου Id. 7.160; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τό γ’ ἀ. δέμας S. <i>OC<\/i> 110; οἱ ἀ., opp. οἱ ὕστερον, Th. 2.16; ἀ. φύσις A. <i>Ch.<\/i> 281, Hp. <i>Art.<\/i> 53, Pl. <i>Smp.<\/i> 193c, etc. ; φύσις καὶ κατάστασις ἀ. Democr. 278; coupled with παλαιός, παλαιὸν δῶρον ἀρχαίου θηρός S. <i>Tr.<\/i> 555, cf. Lys. 6.51, D. <i>l.c.<\/i> <b>old, worn out<\/b>, ὑποδήματα X. <i>An.<\/i> 4.5.14; πινάκια BGU 781i1 (i AD). of persons, Θέμιν… ἀρχαίαν ἄλοχον Διός Pi. <i>Fr.<\/i> 6.5; ἀ. θεαί, of the Erinyes, A. <i>Eu.<\/i> 728; Πέλοψ S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 1292; οἱ ἀ.<br\/><b>the Ancients<\/b>, name given by Arist. to the pre-Socratics, <i>Metaph.<\/i> 1069a25, <i>GC<\/i> 314a6; in Lit. Crit., <b>ancient, classical<\/b> writers, Demetr. <i>Eloc.<\/i> 15, 67; in Plot., the philosophers down to Aristotle, 5.1.9; in <b>NT, the Fathers<\/b>, Ev. Matt. 5.21, al.<br\/><b>ancient, old<\/b>, βαλὴν ἀ., of Darius, A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 657 (lyr.); λάτρις E. <i>Hec.<\/i> 609; ἑταῖρος X. <i>Mem.<\/i> 2.8.1; οἱ ἀ. κύριοι the <b>original<\/b> owners, BGU 992 ii 6 (ii BC); τὰς ἀ. πόλεις (banished from) their <b>original<\/b> cities, Polystr. p. 22 W. ; ἀ. μαθητής an <b>original<\/b> disciple, Act. Ap. 21.16; ἀ. μύστης <i>Inscr.Magn.<\/i> 215b; παιδαγωγὸς ἀ., i. e <b>of old, formerly<\/b>, E. <i>El.<\/i> 287, cf. 853. neut. as Adv., τὸ ἀρχαῖον, <i>Ion. contr.<\/i> τὠρχαῖον, <b>anciently<\/b>, Hdt. 1.56, 173, al., <i>Att.<\/i> τἀρχαῖον A. <i>Supp.<\/i> 326; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀ. Hdt. 4.117; ἐξ ἀρχαίων D.S. 1.14. regul. Adv. ἀρχαίως <b>in olden style<\/b>, καινὰ ἀ. λέγειν Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 267b, cf. Isoc. 4.8, D. 9.48; ἀ. καὶ σεμνῶς Aeschin. 1.183. irreg. Comp. ἀρχαιέστερος Pi. <i>Fr.<\/i> 45 (on ἀρχέστατος v.h.v.); usual Comp. -ότερος Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 469; <i>Sup.<\/i> -ότατος Hdt. 1.105, etc. as <i>Subst.<\/i>, τὸ ἀρχαῖον, of money, <b>prime cost<\/b>, πλέον τοῦ ἀ. X. <i>Vect.<\/i> 3.2; <b>principal<\/b>, mostly in pl., Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1156, etc. ; τἀρχαῖα ἀποδιδόναι D. 34.26, etc. ; τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀπέστησαν lost their <b>capital<\/b>, Id. 1.15; opp. ἔργον, Id. 27.10; opp. πρόσοδοι, Is. 6.38.<br\/>ἀρχαίη, ἡ, = ἀρχή, Eust. 475.1, etc."
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                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": " <b>ἀρχαῖος<\/b>, -αία, -αῖον<br\/> (&lt; ἀρχή), [in LXX chiefly for קֶדֶם ;] <br\/><b>original, ancient<\/b>: Mat.5:21, 33, Luk.9:8, 19, Act.15:7, 21 21:16, 2Co.5:17, 2Pe.2:5, Rev.12:9 20:2.†<br\/> <re><i>SYN.<\/i>: παλαιός, old, without the reference to beginning and origin contained in ἀ. The distinction is observed in π. (MM, see word). ἀ. is the antithesis to καινός: παλ. to vέος (see Westc., He., 223; Cremer, 116) <\/re> (AS)"
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