archon

== English == === Alternative forms === arkhon === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/ === Noun === archon (plural archontes or archons) A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. A ruler, head of state or other leader. (Christianity, Gnosticism) A supernatural ruler of the cosmos. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “archon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “archon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “archon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Anchor, Charon, achorn, anchor, noarch, rancho == Esperanto == === Noun === archon H-system spelling of arĉon == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.kʰoːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.kon] === Noun === archōn m (genitive archontis); third declension archon ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: arcont French: archonte Italian: arconte Portuguese: arconte Romanian: arhonte Spanish: arconte === References === “archon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “archon”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "archon", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “archon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “archon”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “archon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “archon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “archon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin