The corpus record

λοχ-ᾱγός

lochagos · ὁ

leader of an armed band

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Where it lives

Anabasis 89 · 15.84/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
Cyropaedia 19 · 2.41/10k
Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Hellenica 8 · 1.22/10k
Panathenaicus 1 · 0.63/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λοχ-ᾱγός · loch-agos — LSJ

leader of an armed band

leader of an armed band, S. Ant. 141 (anap.), Theophil. 3.

II commander of a company, captain

esp. commander of a company (100 men), captain, X. An. 3.1.32, Ascl. Tact. 2.2, PPetr. 3p.8 (iii B.C.), etc.; cf. ταξίαρχος.

2 commander of a λόχος, captain, curio

in the Spartan army, commander of a λόχος, Th. 5.66, X. Lac. 11.4, etc.; in the Persian army, captain of 24 men, Id. Cyr. 6.3.21, etc.; = Lat. centurio, Plu. Cam. 37; also, = curio, D.H. 2.7.—The word, like κυναγός, was always used in the Dor. form by Attic authors.

In the wild

λοχαγοὺς · lochagous Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..61 (DIORISIS sentence 739)
λοχαγὸς · lochagos Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 153)
λοχαγοὶ · lochagoi Aristotle, Economics 1350b (DIORISIS sentence 264)
λοχαγοὶ · lochagoi Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 128)
λοχαγός · lochagos Euripides, Phoenissae 145 (DIORISIS sentence 70)
λοχαγοὺς · lochagous Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 450)

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Where it came from

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