ἔπαρχ-ος,ον,
A. commander,
Κιλίκων
A. Pers. 327
; νεῶν
Id. Ag. 1227
(Canter forἄπαρχος);governor of a country,
Plb. 5.46.7.2 .=Lat.praefectus(in all senses), Id. 11.27.2 , Plu. Flam. 1 , etc.;ἔ. τεκτόνωνorτεχνιτῶν, pracf. fabrum,
Id. Cic. 38 , Brut. 51 ;ἔ. τῆς πόλεως, praef. urbi,
D.H. 4.82 , etc.;ἐ. παρεμβολῶν, praef. castrorum,
Gloss. ; ἔ. Αἰγύπτου
PFay. 21
(ii A. D.);ἔ. τῆς αὐλῆς, praef. praetorio,
Plu. Galb. 2 , cf. ib. 8 , 13 ;ἔ. Ἑῴας prefectof the East, Epigr.Gr. 919.4 (Sidyma);ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων, ex praefecto, CIG 2593 (Gortyn,iv A. D.).
II. asAdj.,ἀρχὴν ἔπαρχον στόλουthe office of admiral, IG 14.873 (Misenum,iii A. D.).