Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Greece, a commander of fifty men.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
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- noun historical, Ancient Greece An
officer in theSpartan army commandingfifty men.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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