ταξίαρχος

A. commander of a corps or squadron, ταξίαρχοι ἀπὸ τῶν νεῶν Hdt. 8.67; ταξίαρχοι τῶν τελέων Id. 9.42; τ. καὶ πεζῶν καὶ ἱππέων X. Cyr. 8.1.10; in the army of Alexander, Arr. An. 3.9.6; in Ptolemaic Egypt, PMich.Zen. 70.5 (iii B.C.); cf. ταξιάρχης.

2. commander of a τάξις (128 men), Ascl. Tact. 2.8, Ael. Tact. 9.3 (‐άρχης Arr. Tact. 10.2).

3. = Lat. centurio, Plb. 6.24.1, al., Zos. 3.11.

b. = tribunus militum, D.H. 5.41, J. BJ 3.5.2, Plu. Cam. 37, App. BC 5.61, Agath. 2.20 (‐άρχης Plu. Pomp. 32, App. BC 3.39).

c. = legatus legionis, anachronism in App. Sam. 4.6 (‐άρχαι codd.).

d. = ordinarius, Lyd. Mag. 1.46, Gloss.; also glossed by manipularis and evocatus, ib.

II. at Athens, commander of a τάξις, or quota of infantry furnished by a φυλή, Ar. Ach. 569 (lyr.), Pax 1172 (troch.), Av. 353 (troch.), Th. 4.4, 7.60, Arist. Ath. 30.2, D. 4.26, 54.5, Aeschin. 3.169, IG 22.334.13; [ὁ τ.] ἡγεῖται τῶν φυλετῶν καὶ λοχαγοὺς καθίστησιν Arist. Ath. 61.3; applied to naval officers, X. HG 1.6.29,35.