tetrarches

tē̆trarches, ae, m., = τετράρχης,

• a ruler who governed the fourth part of a country, a tetrarch; in gen., the title of a petty prince, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1; id. Phil. 11, 12, 31; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. Deiot. 9, 27; Caes. B. C. 3, 3; Sall. C. 20, 7; Vell. 2, 51; Tac. A. 15, 25; Hor. S. 1, 3, 12; Luc. 7, 227; Sid. Ep. 5, 7.—Also tē̆trar-cha, Vulg. Matt. 14, 1; id. Luc. 3, 19.

tetrarchēs, ae, m. u. tetrarcha, ae, m. (τετράρχης), ein Fürst, der den vierten Teil eines Landes beherrscht, der Vierfürst, Tetrarch, übh. Titel kleiner Fürsten, Regent, Nomin. -chēs, Cic. Deiot. 27. Auct. b. Alex. 67, 1: Nomin. -cha, Ven. Fort. carm. 11, 1, 26 Leo. Vulg. Matth. 14, 1; Luc. 3, 19 u. 9, 7.

tetrarchēs, (12) æ, m. (τετράρχης), tétrarque : Cic. Mil. 76 ; Dej. 27, etc. ; Cæs. C. 3, 3, 2 ; Sall. C. 20, 7.

➳ nom. tetrarcha : Vulg.

tetrarchēs ae, m

• , τετράρχης, a ruler of the fourth part of the land, tetrarch, petty prince, regent, C., Cs., S., H.

Tetrarches

(τετράρχης). Properly the ruler of one of the four parts of a district divided into four governments. Also the title of any petty prince, such as the rulers in those provinces of Asia which were allowed by Rome to retain a certain independence (Marquardt, Staatsverw. i. 401).