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单词 stratopedarch
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stratopedarchn.

Brit. /strəˈtɒpᵻdɑːk/, U.S. /strəˈtɑpəˌdɑrk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek στρατοπεδάρχης.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek στρατοπεδάρχης commander of a force in the field < ancient Greek στρατόπεδον camp ( < στρατός army (see stratocracy n.) + πέδον ground, earth: see pedo- comb. form2) + -άρχης -arch comb. form1. Compare post-classical Latin stratopedarcha (1506 or earlier), stratopedarches (1570 or earlier).Compare the following earlier example of the (transliterated) Greek word in an English linguistic context:1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xxviii. 591 Luke calleth the generall captaine Stratopedarches [L. στρατοπεδάρχην vocat Lucas Praefectum Praetorio], who was appointed ouer the armie whiche kept the citie, as histories make mention.
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.
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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).
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