trierarchus Latin · revision 34447

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc τριήραρχος}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''triērarchus''' ''m'' (genitive triērarchī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions also have ''triērarcha'', of the first declension.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τριήραρχος|tr=triḗrarkhos|t=captain of a trireme]].^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) The Greek word is formed from [[m|grc|τριήρης|tr=triḗrēs|t=trireme]] and [[m|grc|ἄρχω|tr=árkhō|t=to be first, rule]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler and Georges record it first in Cicero's speeches against Verres.^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It names the commander of a trireme, a warship with three banks of oars.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Besides Cicero it is used by Tacitus in the ''Histories'' and the ''Annals'' and by Suetonius in his Life of Nero,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) and it also appears in inscriptions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the Verrines.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it in the ''Histories'' and the ''Annals''.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it in his Life of Nero.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The commander of a [[m|en|trireme]], a [[m|en|trierarch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}