A.leader, chief, early Ep. only in the phrases “ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν” Il.2.837, al., Hes.Fr.96.12, “ὄρχαμε λαῶν” Il.14.102, al.; the former applied to the swineherd Eumaeus, Od.14.22,121, and the cowherd Philoetius, 20.185,254.—Ep. word, used once by A., “ὄ. στρατοῦ” Pers.129(lyr.); “ὄρχαμε τ[όξου̣]” IG12.516: in late Poetry without a gen., AP11.284 (Pall.).
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