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ἐλεφαντάρχης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεφαντάρχης ἐλεφαντάρχου

Structure: ἐλεφανταρχ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. the commander of a squadron of elephants

Examples

  • προσκαλεσάμενοσ δὲ εὐθέωσ Νικάνορα τὸν γενόμενον ἐλεφαντάρχην, καὶ στρατηγὸν ἀναδείξασ τῆσ Ἰουδαίασ, ἐξαπέστειλε (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:12)
  • Σέλευκον ἐλεφαντάρχην τὸν δὲ Λυσίμαχον γαζοφύλακα τὸν δὲ Πτολεμαῖον ναύαρχον ἐκάλουν, τὸν δ’ Ἀγαθοκλέα νησιάρχην· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 31 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. the commander of a squadron of elephants

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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