archon

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/

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archon (plural archontes or archons)

1. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.

   • 1980: Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth. (Burgess, Earthly Powers)

2. A ruler, head of state or other leader.

   • 1922: But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock. (Joyce, Ulysses)

3. (Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

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• archon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• archon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• archon at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Anchor, Charon, anchor, noarch, rancho

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kʰoːn/

archōn m (genitive archontis); third declension

1. archon

Third declension.

• archon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• archon in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• archon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• archon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• archon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• archon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin