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ἀρχός

archos

leader, chief

Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀρχός, ὁ, A. leader, chief, εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνήρ Il. 1.144: c. gen., νηῶν 2.493; οἰωνῶν Pi. P. 1.7; ruler, Τειχιούσσης SIG 3d (Milet., vi B. C.); πόλεως (opp. ἔτης), prob. in E. Fr. 1014. 2. = ἄρχων, IG 7.3301, al. 3. ἀ. ἑῴας, = dux Orientis, ib.14.1073 (iv A. D.). 4. of a god, SIG 56.26 (Argos, v B. C.). II. the rectum, Hp. Aph. 5.58, Arist. HA 507a33, Theol.Ar. 51. 2. the anus, Hp. Haem. 2, Epid. 5.20.
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