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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 cross1734. 5.
b. Ablatival ( cross1391) 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 ἰ_α_τρικῆς λέγων
I will make a beginning by speaking of medicine
P. S. 186b.
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