tetrarch
/ˈtɛtrɑːk//ˈtɛtrɑrk/
词源链
- 英语English
tetrarch
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).
释义
名词noun
- 1A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
- 2Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
- 3An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx