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toxarch

UK/ˈtɒksɑːk/

toxarch noun: the captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens.

Noun

toxarch (plural toxarchs or toxarches)

  1. The captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens.
    • […] that the post of toxarch had to be filled afresh three times in one year. At the opening of the campaign it was held by Clearchus, Attalus being in command of the Agrianians.1907, Henry Smith Williams, Greece to the Roman conquest, page 280
    • "[…] toxarchs are to collect from the Archers." It makes no distinction between citizen archers and alien archers. Boeckh's idea was that the toxarchs collected only from the alien archers. This may be so, for the demarchs were[…]1962, Miscellanea classica

Forms of toxarch

pluraltoxarchs
pluraltoxarches

Origin of toxarch

From Ancient Greek τόξαρχος (tóxarkhos, “captain of the archers”) (see τόξον (tóxon) and -arch).

Questions about toxarch

What does toxarch mean?
Toxarch means the captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens.
What part of speech is toxarch?
Toxarch is a noun.
How do you pronounce toxarch?
Toxarch is pronounced /ˈtɒksɑːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of toxarch?
The plural of toxarch is toxarchs.

Words near toxarch in the dictionary

  1. toxamin
  2. toxant
  3. toxants
  4. toxaphene
  5. toxaphenes
  6. toxarch
  7. toxarches
  8. toxarchs
  9. toxascarosis
  10. Toxcatl
  11. toxemia

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