ἔπαρχ-ος, ον,
commander, Κιλίκων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 327; νεῶν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1227 (Canter for ἄπαρχος)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; governor of a country, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.46.7.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]. = Latin praefectus (in all senses), [[ [prev. author] 11.27.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 1, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔ. τεκτόνων or τεχνιτῶν, pracf. fabrum, [[ [prev. author] “Cic.” 38, “Brut.” 51 ] Refs]; ἔ. τῆς πόλεως, praef. urbi, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.82, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐ. παρεμβολῶν, praef. castrorum, [[ “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ἔ. Αἰγύπτου “PFay.” 21 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔ. τῆς αὐλῆς, praef. praetorio, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 2, compare [prev. work] 8, 13 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔ. Ἑῴας prefect of the East, [[ “epigram Gr.” 919.4 (from Sidyma)] Refs]; ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων, ex praefecto, [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2593 (Gortyn, 4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II as adjective, ἀρχὴν ἔπαρχον στόλου the office of admiral, [[ “IG” 14.873 (Misenum, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]