单词 | stratopedarch |
释义 | stratopedarchn. Ancient History and Medieval History. A Greek name for: the commander of a Roman legion's camp. Also more generally: a senior military commander in various Greek-speaking polities, esp. the Byzantine Empire.In use with reference to a Roman legion usually as a Greek translation or equivalent of the Latin praefectus castrorum. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces praetor?a1439 aga1542 emir1542 imperator1590 crownerc1600 ban1614 sardar1615 duke1652 dey1656 hetman1710 stratopedarch1788 commandant1791 tuchun1917 war-lord1922 myriarch1949 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. liii. 486 The Stratopedarch was the great judge of the camp. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiii. xiii. 266 Demetrius, the great Stratopedarch. 1895 W. M. Ramsay St. Paul xv. 347 When the party reached Rome, the centurion delivered his charge to his superior officer, who bears the title Chief of the Camp (Stratopedarch) in the Greek text. 1951 S. Runciman Hist. Crusades I. iv. ii. 196 He..had been given by the Emperor the title of stratopedarch of Cilicia. 2009 S. Rocca Army Herod the Great 14 The only senior officer with a specific task in the Herodian army was the stratopedarch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788 |
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