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单词 lochagos
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lochagosn.

Brit. /ˈlɒkəɡɒs/, U.S. /ˈlɑkəɡɑs/
Inflections: Plural lochagoi Brit. /ˈlɒkəɡɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈlɑkəˌɡɔɪ/, lochagi.
Forms:

α. 1600s lochagie (plural), 1600s lochagij (plural), 1600s 1800s– lochagoi (plural), 1600s 1800s– lochagos, 1600s– lochagi (plural), 1800s– lochagus.

β. 1700s–1800s lochage.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek λοχαγός.
Etymology: < ancient Greek (Doric) λοχαγός (Attic λοχηγός ) commander of a lochos < λόχος lochos n. + ἄγειν to lead (see agon n.). Compare post-classical Latin lochagus (1549 or earlier).The Greek word was always used in the Doric form by Attic authors. N.E.D. (1903) gives lochage as headword and records a pronunciation /ˈləʊkeɪdʒ/.
Ancient Greek History.
The commander of a lochos. See lochos n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > leader or commander of specific unit > in ancient Greece
lochagos1616
enomotarch1623
taxiarch1808
α.
1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Tactiks iv. 40 The Lacedaemonians, saith hee, were not alwaies ordered in depth alike, but as theire Lochagoi (they were commaunders of fiue hundred and twelue a piece) thought good.
1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre 331 The King..signifieth what is to be done, to the Polemarchi, they to the Lochagi [Gk. τοῖς λοχαγοῖς], these to the Pentecontateres, and these againe to the Enomatarchi, who lastly make it knowne, euery one to his owne Enomatia.
1832 T. Arnold Thucydides II. v. lxviii. 339 The lochus then consisted ordinarily of 100 men, under the command of the lochagus.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lvi. 112 Each lochagus had the power of dividing his lochus into more or fewer enomoties as he chose.
1949 K. M. T. Chrimes Anc. Sparta 495 Taxiarchs and Lochagoi were in command on the infantry.
1994 R. J. Buck Boiotia & Boiotian League v. 66 Leontiades..ordered the lochagoi and their detachments to arrest Ismenias on a charge of war-mongering.
β. 1790 W. Mitford Hist. Greece II. xxiii. 141 Xenophon..called together the lochages of the troops which had served under Proxenus.1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlii. 254 Amompharetus the lochage.1884 C. King Famous & Decisive Battles of World 68 The phalanx..was wheeled to the right, so as to bring each ‘lochage’ or file-leader toward the Mantineans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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