syntagmatarchy
UK/sɪnˌtaɡməˈtɑːki/
syntagmatarchy noun: a square formation of 256 soldiers arranged into sixteen files, sixteen ranks deep, led by a syntagmatarch; a syntagma.
Noun
syntagmatarchy (plural syntagmatarchies)
- A square formation of 256 soldiers arranged into sixteen files, sixteen ranks deep, led by a syntagmatarch; a syntagma.
- Two Taxiarchies, which were ſixteen Files, made a Syntagmatarchy of two hundred fifty ſix men; its Commander Syntagmatarcha was our private Captain. This Company was a ſquare of men, ſixteen in Rank and ſixteen in File, and whatever way you turn’d it, ſtill ſixteen. […¶] Two Syntagmatarchies...1670–1, Sir James Turner, Pallas Armata (1968), chapter v, page 13
- Sixteen of theſe files compoſed what was called a ſyntagmatarchy or a ſquare body of 256 men.1787, Sketch of a Plan for Reducing the Expence of the Army, page 5
Forms of syntagmatarchy
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Origin of syntagmatarchy
First attested in 1670–1 and then once per century since; from the Latin syntagmatarchia, from the Ancient Greek συνταγματαρχία (suntagmatarkhía), from σύνταγμα (súntagma), whence the English syntagma.
Questions about syntagmatarchy
- What does syntagmatarchy mean?
- Syntagmatarchy means a square formation of 256 soldiers arranged into sixteen files, sixteen ranks deep, led by a syntagmatarch; a syntagma.
- What part of speech is syntagmatarchy?
- Syntagmatarchy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce syntagmatarchy?
- Syntagmatarchy is pronounced /sɪnˌtaɡməˈtɑːki/ (UK).
- What is the plural of syntagmatarchy?
- The plural of syntagmatarchy is syntagmatarchies.
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