ἄρχων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οντος, ὁ, (part. of [[ἄρχω]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ruler]], [[commander]], νεός <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.33</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>674</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>668</span>, etc.; [[chief]], [[king]], Ἀσίας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>73</span>; [[ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου]], of [[Satan]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>16.11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as official title, [[chief magistrate]], esp. at Athens, <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>, etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες <span class="title">IG</span>2.163; [[οἱ ἄρχοντες]], at [[Sparta]], [[the authorities]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.106</span>: sg., ὁ ἄρχων = the [[eponymous magistrate of the year]], IG1.52, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3.3</span>, etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2407, <span class="title">SIG</span>295.18, <span class="title">IG</span>2.814, etc.; = Lat. [[consul]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.39.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[governor]] of a [[dependency]] or [[province]], e.g. in the Athenian Empire, <span class="title">IG</span>1.62b19, etc.; of a Roman [[governor]], <span class="title">OGI</span>441.59; = [[praefectus]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.26.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[magistrate]], [[official]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.29</span>, etc.; opp. [[ἰδιώτης]], <span class="title">SIG</span> 672.16 (Delph.); [[ruler]] of a [[synagogue]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.18</span>; [[president]] of a club, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1178.6</span> (ii A. D.).</span>