English Dictionary

taxiarch

noun

(historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.

The taxiarch was a high-ranking military officer in ancient Greece.

意味（1）

(historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.

The Taxis of the Athenian service, like the Lochus of the Lacedæmonian, was analogous to our battalion, and the rank of the Taxiarch, its commander, as of the Lochage, was nearly that of our colonel.