φύλαρχος
ὁ
A.
chief officer of a φυλή, X. Cyr. 1.2.14, al., BMus.Inscr. 1005 (Cyzic.), CIG 3773 (Nicomedia), Sammelb. 6257 (v/vi A. D.).
b.
= Lat. tribunus militum, D.H. 2.7, Plu. Rom. 20.
c.
chief priest of a tribe among the Jews, LXX 1 Es. 7.8: pl., elders of a tribe, ib.De. 31.28.
d.
sheikh, τῶν Ἀράβων Str. 16.1.28, cf. Procop. Pers. 1.19; Parthian term, = δυνάστης, Arr. Fr. 171 J.
II.
as a military term, at Athens, the commander of the cavalry furnished by each tribe, Hdt. 5.69.
III.
οἱ φ., an oligarchical council at Epidamnus, Arist. Pol. 1301b22.