tetrarch

See also: Tetrarch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑːk/

Noun

tetrarch (plural tetrarchs)

1. A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
2. Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
3. An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

Translations

governor or ruler of quarter of a country

• Dutch: tetrarch (nl) m, viervorst m
• Esperanto: tetrarĥo, tetrarko, kvaronprinco
• Finnish: tetrarkki (fi)
• French: tétrarque (fr) m
• German: Tetrarch (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: τετράρχης m (tetrárkhēs)

• Italian: tetrarca (it) m
• Kazakh: аймағының әкімі (aimağynyñ äkımı)
• Latin: tetrarchēs m
• Portuguese: tetrarca (pt) m or f
• Russian: тетра́рх (ru) m (tɛtrárx)
• Spanish: tetrarca (es) m
• Turkish: tetrark

See also

• heptarch
• hexarch

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːˈtrɑrx/

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• Hyphenation: te‧trarch
• Rhymes: -ɑrx

Noun

tetrarch m (plural tetrarchen, diminutive tetrarchje n)

1. A tetrarch (governor or ruler of a quarter of a country).
2. A tetrarch (one of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy).
3. A tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece).

Synonyms

• viervorst

Related terms

• tetrarchie