ἄρχων
English (LSJ)
οντος, ὁ, (part. of ἄρχω)
A ruler, commander, νεός Hdt.5.33: abs., A.Th.674, S.Aj.668, etc.; chief, king, Ἀσίας A.Pers.73; ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of Satan, Ev.Jo.16.11, al. II as official title, chief magistrate, esp. at Athens, Th.1.126, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες IG2.163; οἱ ἄ., at Sparta, the authorities, Hdt.6.106: sg., ὁ ἄρχων the eponymous magistrate of the year, IG1.52, al., Arist.Ath.3.3, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, IG7.2407, SIG295.18, IG2.814, etc.; = Lat. consul, Plb.1.39.1. 2 governor of a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, IG1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman governor, OGI441.59; = praefectus, Plb.6.26.5. 3 generally, magistrate, official, Aeschin.3.29, etc.; opp. ἰδιώτης, SIG 672.16 (Delph.); ruler of a synagogue, Ev.Matt.9.18; president of a club, PLond.3.1178.6 (ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οντος (ὁ) :
I. chef ; particul. roi;
II. p. suite :
1 à Athènes archonte, l’un des neuf magistrats athéniens principaux (le 1er ἄρχων ἐπώνυμος ou abs. ὁ ἄρχων, le 2ᵉ ἄρχων βασιλεύς, le 3ᵉ ἄρχων πολέμαρχος, les 6 autres ἄρχοντες θεσμοτέται);
2 magistrat en gén.
Étymologie: ἄρχω.