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ἄρχων

archon · ὁ

ruler, commander

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 101 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἄρχων · archōn — LSJ

ruler, commander, chief, king

ruler, commander, νεός Hdt. 5.33: abs., A. Th. 674, S. Aj. 668, etc.; chief, king, Ἀσίας A. Pers. 73; ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of Satan, Ev.Jo. 16.11, al.

II chief magistrate, the authorities, eponymous magistrate of the year

as official title, chief magistrate, esp. at Athens, Th. 1.126, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες IG 2.163; οἱ ἄ., at Sparta, the authorities, Hdt. 6.106: sg., ὁ ἄρχων the eponymous magistrate of the year, IG 1.52, al., Arist. Ath. 3.3, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, IG 7.2407, SIG 295.18, IG 2.814, etc.; = Lat. consul, Plb. 1.39.1.

2 governor, governor

governor of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, IG 1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman governor, OGI 441.59; = praefectus, Plb. 6.26.5.

3 magistrate, official, ruler, president

generally, magistrate, official, Aeschin. 3.29, etc.; opp. ἰδιώτης, SIG 672.16 (Delph.); ruler of a synagogue, Ev.Matt. 9.18; president of a club, PLond. 3.1178.6 (ii A. D.).

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄρχω (scan pp. 192-193; entry #757).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄρχω (scan p. 133; entry #830).

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