1.a ruler, commander, chief, captain, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
2.Ἄρχοντες, οἱ, the chief magistrates at Athens, nine in number, the first being ὁ Ἄρχων or Ἄρχων ἐπώνυμος, the second ὁ Βασιλεύς, the third ὁ Πολέμαρχος, the remaining six οἱ Θεσμοθέται.
3.title of the chief magistrates in other places, as the Ephors at Sparta, Hdt.