ἀρχός
archos
leader, chief
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀρχός, ὁ,
‹ All lexicon entries leader, chief, εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνήρ Il. 1.144: c. gen., νηῶν 2.493; οἰωνῶν P. 1.7; ruler, Τειχιούσσης SIG 3d (Milet., vi B. C.); πόλεως (opp. ἔτης), prob. in 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, Aph. 5.58, HA 507a33, Theol.Ar. 51.
2. the anus, Haem. 2, Epid. 5.20.