lochage
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λοχαγός (lokhagós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈləʊkɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
lochage (plural lochagoi or lochagi)
- (historical) The head of a lochos in Ancient Greece; an officer or commander. [from 17th c.]
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
- One lochage only avowed his dissent; adding his opinion, that they ought at once to throw themselves on the king's mercy, as the only resource affording a reasonable hope […] .
- 1980, Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer, ch. 14:
- ‘Come inside. The lochage wishes to speak with you.’
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
References
- lochage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- galoche