ἑκατόνταρχος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Calque of Old Persian *θata-pati- (commander of hundred [men])[1]

Noun

ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος (hekatóntarkhosm (genitive ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου); second declension

  1. centurion

Declension

References

  1. ^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica[1], 2017 May 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017