Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
English-Thai Dictionary

archon

N หัวหน้า ผู้พิพากษา สมัยโบราณ เมือง เอเธนส์  hua-na-poo-pi-pak-sa-sa-mai-bo-ran-mueang-a-ten

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARCHON

n.[Gr. a prince. ] The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of Codrus, from the most illustrious families, to superintend civil and religious concerns. They were nine in number; the first was properly the archon; the second was called king; the third, polemarch, or general of the forces. The other six were called thesmothetae, or legislators.

 

ARCHONSHIP

n.The office of an archon; or the term of his office.

 

ARCHONTICS

n.In church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not created by God, but by angels, archontes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARCHON

Ar "chon, n. Etym: [L. archon, Gr. (Antiq.)

 

Defn: One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. -- Ar *chon "tic, a.

 

ARCHONSHIP

ARCHONSHIP Ar "chon *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of an archon. Mitford.

 

ARCHONTATE

Ar "chon *tate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. archontat. ]

 

Defn: An archon's term of office. Gibbon.

 

ARCHONTS

Ar "chonts, n. pl. Etym: [Gr. p. pr. See Archon. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The group including man alone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

archon

ar chon |ˈärˌkän ˈɑrkɑn | noun each of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens. any ruler: rock's archons are disc jockeys and concert promoters. DERIVATIVES ar chon ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek arkhōn ruler, noun use of the present participle of arkhein to rule.

 

Oxford Dictionary

archon

archon |ˈɑːkən | noun each of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens. DERIVATIVES archonship noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek arkhōn ruler , noun use of the present participle of arkhein to rule .

 

Duden Dictionary

Archon

Ar chon Substantiv, maskulin , der Archont |A rchon |der Archon; Genitiv: des Archons, Archonten über lateinisch archon aus gleichbedeutend griechisch árchōn, Genitiv archóntos, eigentlich Partizip Präsens von griechisch árchein »herrschen «einer der [neun ] höchsten Beamten in Athen und anderen Städten der Antike

 

Archont

Ar chont Substantiv, maskulin , der Archon |Arch o nt |über lateinisch archon aus gleichbedeutend griechisch árchōn, Genitiv archóntos, eigentlich Partizip Präsens von griechisch árchein »herrschen «einer der [neun ] höchsten Beamten in Athen und anderen Städten der Antike

 

Archontat

Ar chon tat Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Archont a t |das Archontat; Genitiv: des Archontat [e ]s, Plural: die Archontate neulateinisch 1 Amt eines Archonten 2 Amtszeit eines Archonten