ἑκατόνταρχος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἑκατόν (hekatón, hundred) +‎ ἄρχω (árkhō, to rule). Calque of Old Persian *θatapatiš (commander of a hundred men).[1][2][3]

Noun

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ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος (hekatóntarkhosm (genitive ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου); second declension

  1. centurion

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 240
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 431
  3. ^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica[2], 2002 December 15