φύλαρχος

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A chief officer of a φῡλή, X.Cyr.1.2.14, al., BMus.Inscr.1005 (Cyzic.), CIG3773 (Nicomedia), Sammelb.6257 (v/vi A. D.).    b = Lat. tribunus militum, D.H.2.7, Plu.Rom.20.    c chief priest of a tribe among the Jews, LXX 1 Es.7.8: pl., elders of a tribe, ib.De.31.28.    d sheikh, τῶν Ἀράβων Str.16.1.28, cf. Procop.Pers.1.19; Parthian term, = δυνάστης, Arr.Fr.171 J.    II as a military term, at Athens, the commander of the cavalry furnished by each tribe, Hdt.5.69.    III οἱ φ., an oligarchical council at Epidamnus, Arist.Pol.1301b22.