A.commander of a fleet, admiral, A.Pers.363, Hdt.7.59, 8.42, Eub.67.11, IG12(3).103.12 (pl., Nisyros); “οὔτε στρατηγοὺς οὔτε ν.” S.Aj. 1232; esp. the Spartan admiral-in-chief, Th.4.11, 8.6,20,23, X.An. 1.4.2, etc.; used of an inferior naval officer, Decr. ap. D.18.73; nauarchorum coetus circiter provincias Orientis, Cod.Just.11.2.4.
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