ἔπαρχος

A. commander, Κιλίκων A. Pers. 327; νεῶν Id. Ag. 1227 (Canter for ἄπαρχος); governor of a country, Plb. 5.46.7.2. = Lat. praefectus (in all senses), Id. 11.27.2, Plu. Flam. 1, etc.; ἔ. τεκτόνων or τεχνιτῶν, pracf. fabrum, Id. Cic. 38, Brut. 51; ἔ. τῆς πόλεως, praef. urbi, D.H. 4.82, etc.; ἐ. παρεμβολῶν, praef. castrorum, Gloss.; ἔ. Αἰγύπτου PFay. 21 (ii A. D.); ἔ. τῆς αὐλῆς, praef. praetorio, Plu. Galb. 2, cf. ib.8, 13; ἔ. Ἑῴας prefect of the East, Epigr.Gr. 919.4 (Sidyma); ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων, ex praefecto, CIG 2593 (Gortyn, iv A. D.).

II. as Adj., ἀρχὴν ἔπαρχον στόλου the office of admiral, IG 14.873 (Misenum, iii A. D.).