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ἐθνάρχης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐθνάρχης ἐθνάρχου

Structure: ἐθναρχ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rxw

Sense

  1. ethnarch
  2. a captain of Roman auxiliaries

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ῥωμαῖοι δ’ εἰσ δύναμιν, ὡσ εἰπεῖν, ἐπηνώρθωσαν τὰ πολλά, τὴν μὲν πόλιν διατάξαντεσ ὡσ εἶπον, κατὰ δὲ τὴν χώραν ἐπιστρατήγουσ τινὰσ καὶ νομάρχασ καὶ ἐθνάρχασ καλουμένουσ ἀποδείξαντεσ, πραγμάτων οὐ μεγάλων ἐπιστατεῖν ἠξιωμένουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 25:2)
  • διὰ ταύτασ τὰσ αἰτίασ Ὑρκανὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἐθνάρχασ Ιοὐδαίων εἶναι ἀρχιερωσύνην τε Ιοὐδαίων διὰ παντὸσ ἔχειν κατὰ τὰ πάτρια ἔθη, εἶναί τε αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτοῦ συμμάχουσ ἡμῖν ἔτι τε καὶ ἐν τοῖσ κατ’ ἄνδρα φίλοισ ἀριθμεῖσθαι, ὅσα τε κατὰ τοὺσ ἰδίουσ αὐτῶν νόμουσ ἐστὶν ἀρχιερατικὰ φιλάνθρωπα, ταῦτα κελεύω κατέχειν αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 244:1)

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