hipparchn.
/ˈhɪpɑːk/, U.S. /ˈhɪˌpɑrk/ Ancient Greek History.
(The title of) the commander of a force of cavalry or a high-ranking magistrate in ancient Greece. Cf. hipparchy n. 1.The role of a hipparch varied over time and from place to place, and in certain states and in the Achaean confederacy included both military and political responsibilities.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer > in ancient Greece
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hipparch, the Master of the horses.
1685 J. Newman Brief Acct. Land & Naval Forces Anc. Greeks in tr. Xenophon Hist. Affairs Greece sig. a5v The Cavalry were commanded by two Hipparchs or Colonels.
1756 T. Leland in tr. Demosthenes Orations i. 9 The whole body of horse was divided into two corps, each of which was commanded by a general of horse, or Hipparch.
1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 1 250 (note) Callistratus, the son of Empedus, the hipparch.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 182 There were now created..two hipparchs, for the supreme command of the horsemen.
1928 E. A. Parker tr. V. Chapot Rom. World 207 A well stocked purse was the first requisite for a candidate, so it might be a woman who became hipparch or agonothete and supplied public banquets.
2011 Classical Philol. 106 326 When the Achaean League appointed him hipparch.., he found the troops suffering from poor morale, instituted several reforms, and personally supervised their drill until they exceeded his own standards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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