ἔπαρχος
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
ον,
A commander, Κιλίκων A.Pers.327; νεῶν Id.Ag.1227 (Canter for ἄπαρχος); governor of a country, Plb.5.46.7.2. = Lat. praefectus (in all senses), Id.11.27.2, Plu.Flam.1, etc.; ἔ. τεκτόνων or τεχνιτῶν, pracf. fabrum, Id.Cic.38, Brut.51; ἔ. τῆς πόλεως, praef. urbi, D.H.4.82, etc.; ἐ. παρεμβολῶν, praef. castrorum, Gloss.; ἔ. Αἰγύπτου PFay.21 (ii A. D.); ἔ. τῆς αὐλῆς, praef. praetorio, Plu.Galb.2, cf. ib.8, 13; ἔ. Ἑῴας prefect of the East, Epigr.Gr. 919.4 (Sidyma); ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων, ex praefecto, CIG2593 (Gortyn, iv A. D.). II as Adj., ἀρχὴν ἔπαρχον στόλου the office of admiral, IG14.873 (Misenum, iii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 905] ὁ, der mit dem Oberbefehl betrau't ist, der Vorgesetzte, Befehlshaber; νεῶν Aesch. Ag. 1200; bes. in einer Provinz, τῆς Σουσιανῆς Pol. 5, 46, 7; Τάραντος Plut. Flamin. 1; τεκτόνων, τῶν τεχνιτῶν, Cic. 32 Brut. 51; bei den Römern der Proconsul od. Proprätor, Statthalter der Provinz, Plut. u. A.; τῆς αὐλῆς, praefectus praetorio, Galb. 2. Vgl. ὕπαρχος.
