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|Full diacritics=ἄρχων
|Medium diacritics=ἄρχων
|Low diacritics=άρχων
|Capitals=ΑΡΧΩΝ
|Transliteration A=árchōn
|Transliteration B=archōn
|Transliteration C=archon
|Beta Code=a)/rxwn
|Definition=οντος, ὁ, (part. of <b class="b3">ἄρχω</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ruler, commander</b>, νεός <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.33</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>674</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>668</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">chief, king</b>, Ἀσίας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>73</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου</b>, of Satan, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>16.11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as official title, <b class="b2">chief magistrate</b>, esp. at Athens, <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες <span class="title">IG</span>2.163; <b class="b3">οἱ ἄ</b>., at Sparta, <b class="b2">the authorities</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.106</span>: sg., <b class="b3">ὁ ἄρχων</b> the <b class="b2">eponymous magistrate of the year</b>, IG1.52, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3.3</span>, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2407, <span class="title">SIG</span>295.18, <span class="title">IG</span>2.814, etc.; = Lat. <b class="b2">consul</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.39.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">governor</b> of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, <span class="title">IG</span>1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman <b class="b2">governor</b>, <span class="title">OGI</span>441.59; = <b class="b2">praefectus</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.26.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">magistrate, official</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.29</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἰδιώτης</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span> 672.16 (Delph.); <b class="b2">ruler</b> of a synagogue, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.18</span>; <b class="b2">president</b> of a club, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1178.6</span> (ii A. D.).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0367.png Seite 367]] οντος, ὁ, partic. vom vorigen, der Herrscher, Gebieter, Aesch. Spt. 656 Pers. 74 u. Folgde; auch als adj., τινός, einer Sache mächtig. – In Athen, die erste obrigkeitliche Würde, Archon.
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