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ἀγελάρχης

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: agelárchēs Transliteration B: agelarchēs Transliteration C: agelarchis Beta Code: a)gela/rxhs

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (ἄρχω)

   A leader of a flock or herd, Procl. in Cra.p.38 P.; ἀ. ταῦρος Luc.Am.22: generally, leader, captain, Plu.Rom.6; τῶν φιλοσοφίας ἐραστῶν Procl. in Prm.p.526S.:—also ἀγέλ-αρχος, ὁ, dub. l. in Ph.2.144.

German (Pape)

[Seite 11] ὁ (ἄρχω), Heerdenführer, ταῦρος Luc. Amor. 22; Schaarenführer, Plut. Rom. 6; Philo.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀγελάρχης: -ου, (ἄρχω) ὁ ὁδηγὸς ὁμάδος, ἀρχηγός, Πλουτ. Ῥωμ. 6· ἀγ. Ταῦρος. Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 22: -αρχος, ὁ, Φίλων 2, 144. –αρχία, ἡ, ἀρχηγία ἀγέλης· Κ. Μανασ. σ. 91.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
chef, conducteur d’un troupeau.
Étymologie: ἀγέλη, ἄρχω, être à la tête.