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χιλίαρχος

χιλίαρχος, the commander of a thousand men, a chiliarch

χῑλίαρχ-ος, ὁ,
  • captain over a thousand, A. Pers. 304: esp. commandant of a garrison, X. Cyr. 8.1.14, Oec. 4.7.
    • II = χιλιάρχης II, Plb. 6.19.1, al., D.H. 2.14, Inscr.Magn. 157b (i A. D.), etc. (the usual form in this sense).
      • 2 title of Persian court official, Plu. Art. 5, Ael. VH 1.21; also in Macedonia, D.S. 18.48.

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