ἔξαρχος
From LSJ
ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
English (LSJ)
ὁ, ἡ, (ἄρχω)
A leader, beginner, c. gen., ἀοιδοὶ θρήνων ἔξαρχοι Il.24.721. 2 leader of a chorus, D.18.260: generally, leader, chief, τῶν ἱερέων (= pontifex maximus) Plu.Num.10; τῆς ἀποστάσεως, τῆς στάσεως, Polyaen.4.6.6 (pl.), 2.1.14 (pl.): military commander, Ael.Tact.9.2, Arr.Tact.10.1: ἔ. Παλμυρηνῶν, title of Odaenathus, OGI643; Συβαριτῶν Iamb.VP 17.74: metaph., δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἔ. καὶ ἡγεμονίδα τῶν ἀρετῶν Ph.1.347.
