συνταγματάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠ́ντᾰγμᾰ (súntagma, syntagma) + ἀρχός (arkhós, leader) + -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης • (suntagmatárkhēs) m (genitive σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου); first declension

  1. (military) the leader of a syntagma
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Bacchus 2
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Mistaken Critic 18

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: συνταγματάρχης (syntagmatárchis)
    • English: syntagmatarchis
  • Latin: syntagmatarchēs, -a
    • English: syntagmatarch

References

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek συνταγματάρχης (suntagmatárkhēs). By surface analysis, σύνταγμα (συνταγματ-) (sýntagma (syntagmat-)) + -άρχης (-árchis) See άρχω (árcho) < ἄρχω (árkhō, to lead)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.daɣ.maˈtaɾ.çis/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧νταγ‧μα‧τάρ‧χης
  • Old Hyphenation: συν‧τα‧γμα‧τάρ‧χης

Noun

συνταγματάρχης • (syntagmatárchis) m or f (plural συνταγματάρχες)

  1. (military) the rank of colonel in the British and US armies with the NATO grade OF-5
    Synonym: (abbreviation) σχης (schis)
    Coordinate terms: ("colonel's wife") συνταγματαρχίνα (syntagmatarchína), ("lieutenant colonel") αντισυνταγματάρχης (antisyntagmatárchis)

Declension

For masculine:

For feminine:

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Coordinate terms

  • Appendix:Greek military ranks

Further reading

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