ἄρχων,οντος,ὁ, (part.ofἄρχω)
A. ruler, commander,
νεός
Hdt. 5.33
: abs., A. Th. 674 , S. Aj. 668 , etc.;chief, king,
Ἀσίας
A. Pers. 73
;ἄ. τοῦ κόσμου τούτου,of Satan, Ev.Jo. 16.11 , al.
II. as official title,chief magistrate,esp. at Athens, Th. 1.126 , etc.; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες
IG 2.163
;οἱ ἄ.,at Sparta,the authorities,
Hdt. 6.106 : sg.,ὁ ἄρχωνtheeponymous magistrate of the year,
IG 1.52 , al., Arist. Ath. 3.3 , etc.; so in Boeotia, at Delphi, Delos, and elsewhere, IG 7.2407 , SIG 295.18 , IG 2.814 , etc.;=Lat.consul,
Plb. 1.39.1 .
2. governorof a dependency or province, e.g. in the Athenian Empire, IG 1.62b19 , etc.; of a Romangovernor, OGI 441.59 ;= praefectus,