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单词 taxiarch
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taxiarchn.

/ˈtaksɪɑːk/
Etymology: < Greek ταξίαρχος, < τάξις taxis n. + ἀρχός, < ἄρχειν to rule.
Ancient Greek History.
The commander of a taxis: see taxis n. 3.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > leader or commander of specific unit > in ancient Greece
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1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. v. iv. 287 The rank of the [Athenian] Taxiarch..was nearly that of our colonel.
1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 269 A taxiarch or general, to receive some share of honour.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. viii. 607 The tribe appears to have been the only military classification known to Athens, and the taxiarch the only tribe-officer for infantry, as the phylarch was for cavalry, under the general-in-chief.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 83 The generals thus elected shall propose the taxiarchs or brigadiers.
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