πολέμαρχος
πολέμαρχος
πολέμ-αρχος, ὁ,
one who begins or leads the war, a leader, chieftain, Aesch.
a Polemarch,
at Athens, the third archon, who presided in the court in which the causes of the μέτοικοι were tried, Ar.;—in earlier times he was general-in-chief, as at Marathon, Hdt.
at Sparta, a kind of brigadier, Hdt., Thuc., etc.
at Thebes officers of chief rank after the Boeotarchs, Xen.
similarly at Mantineia, and in other states, Thuc.
Headword (normalized):
πολέμαρχος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πολεμαρχος
Intro Text:
πολέμαρχος
πολέμ-αρχος, ὁ,
one who begins or leads the war, a leader, chieftain, Aesch.
a Polemarch,
at Athens, the third archon, who presided in the court in which the causes of the μέτοικοι were tried, Ar.;—in earlier times he was general-in-chief, as at Marathon, Hdt.
at Sparta, a kind of brigadier, Hdt., Thuc., etc.
at Thebes officers of chief rank after the Boeotarchs, Xen.
similarly at Mantineia, and in other states, Thuc.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26624
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