The corpus record — Latin

tetrarches

tetrarches · m

a ruler who governed the fourth part of a country

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Where it lives

De Bello Alexandrino 3 · 2.88/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 1 · 1.47/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
Catilina 1 · 0.94/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

tē^trarches — Lewis & Short

tē^trarches, ae, m., = tetra/rxhs,

I a ruler who governed the fourth part of a country, a tetrarch; in gen., the title of a petty prince, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 11, 12, 31; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. Deiot. 9, 27; Caes. B. C. 3, 3; Sall. C. 20, 7; Vell. 2, 51; Tac. A. 15, 25; Hor. S. 1, 3, 12; Luc. 7, 227; Sid. Ep. 5, 7.—Also tē^trar-cha, Vulg. Matt. 14, 1; id. Luc. 3, 19.

In the wild

tetrarches Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 67
tetrarchae Sallust, Catilina 20.p3
tetrarchis Tacitus, Annales 15.p26
tetrarchas Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 78
tetrarchas Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.3.12
tetrarchis Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.3.2

6 of 16 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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