The corpus record

τᾱγός

tagos · ὁ

commander, ruler, chief

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Where it lives

Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Hellenica 7 · 1.06/10k

What it meant — LSJ

commander, ruler, chief

commander, ruler, chief, ταγὸς μακάρων, of Zeus, A. Pr. 96 (anap.); ταγοὶ Περσῶν Id. Pers. 23 (anap.); ξύμφρονε ταγώ prob. in Id. Ag. 110 (lyr.); νεῶν, ναῶν, Id. Pers. 324, 480, cf. S. Ant. 1057, E. IA 269 (lyr.); τῶν Ἀθηνῶν Ar. Eq. 159.

II federal commander

specially, federal commander of Thessalian league, X. HG 6.1.6, 6.4.28, etc.

2 college of magistrates, one such magistrate

pl., college of magistrates in Thessaly, IG 9(2).517.3 (Larissa, iii B.C.): sg., one such magistrate, SIG 55 (v B.C.), Inscr.Cypr. 116,170 H.

3 president

president of a phratria, Schwyzer 323 A 11, al. (Delph.). [ᾱ, but τᾰγοί was read by Aristarch. and others in Il. 23.160; if οἵ τʼ ἀγοί is read οἵ τʼ is relat. (sc. εἰσίν).]

In the wild

ταγοὶ · tagoi Aeschylus, Persians 21–28
ταγός · tagos Aeschylus, Persians 320–325
ταγοὶ · tagoi Aeschylus, Persians 480–481
ταγὸς · tagos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 96–97
ταγός · tagos Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 3 (DIORISIS sentence 90)
ταγοὺς · tagous Sophocles, Antigone 1057

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Where it came from

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