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χιλίαρχος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χιλίαρχος χιλιάρχου

Structure: χιλιαρχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the commander of a thousand men, commander of a garrison
  2. (used as a translation), (of the Persian visir)
  3. (of the Latin tribunus militum)

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ σὺ σεαυτῷ σκέψαι ἀπὸ παντὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ ἄνδρασ δυνατούσ, θεοσεβεῖσ, ἄνδρασ δικαίουσ, μισοῦντασ ὑπερηφανίαν, καὶ καταστήσεισ ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν χιλιάρχουσ καὶ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντάρχουσ καὶ δεκαδάρχουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:21)
  • καὶ ἐπέλεξε Μωυσῆσ ἄνδρασ δυνατοὺσ ἀπὸ παντὸσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν χιλιάρχουσ καὶ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντάρχουσ καὶ δεκαδάρχουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:25)
  • καὶ ἔλαβον ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνδρασ σοφοὺσ καὶ ἐπιστήμονασ καὶ συνετοὺσ καὶ κατέστησα αὐτοὺσ ἡγεῖσθαι ἐφ̓ ὑμῶν χιλιάρχουσ καὶ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντάρχουσ καὶ δεκάρχουσ καὶ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖσ τοῖσ κριταῖσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:15)
  • καὶ θέσθαι αὐτοὺσ ἑαυτῷ ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ χιλιάρχουσ καὶ θερίζειν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τρυγᾶν τρυγητὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιεῖν σκεύη πολεμικὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ σκεύη ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 8:12)
  • καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸσ τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτοῦ τοὺσ παρεστηκότασ αὐτῷ. ἀκούσατε δὴ υἱοὶ Βενιαμίν. εἰ ἀληθῶσ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν δώσει ὁ υἱὸσ Ἰεσσαὶ ἀγροὺσ καὶ ἀμπελῶνασ καὶ πάντασ ὑμᾶσ τάξει ἑκατοντάρχουσ καὶ χιλιάρχουσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 22:7)

Synonyms

  1. the commander of a thousand men

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