Meanings
nounlochage (plural lochagoi or lochagi)
plural lochagoi · plural lochagi
- historicalThe head of a lochos in Ancient Greece; an officer or commander.First known use 17th c.
‘Come inside. The lochage wishes to speak with you.’
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 1321 more example
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 […].
1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
Origin
- Ancient Greekλοχαγός
- Englishlochage
From Ancient Greek λοχαγός (lokhagós).
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