στρᾰτοπεδ-άρχης, ου, ὁ,
military commander, BGU 1822.13 ( i B.C., prob.), D.H. 10.36, J. BJ 6.4.3, Mitteis Chr. 87.5 (ii A.D.), Procl. Par. Ptol. 245; = praefectus castrorum, CIL 3.13648, 141875 ( Pontus ), Luc. Hist.Conscr. 22, Gloss.
G4759 — στρατοπεδάρχης
στρατοπεδαρχου, ὁ (στρατόπεδον and ἄρχω) (cf. Buttmann, 73 (64));
a. the commander of a camp and army, a military tribune: Dionysius Halicarnassus 10, 36; Lucian, hist. conscr. 22; (Josephus, b. j. 2, 19, 4).
b. Praetorian prefect, commander of the praetorian cohorts, i. e. captain of the Roman emperor's bodyguard: [Act 28:16] (L T Tr WH omit the clause, see Abbot in B. D., American edition, under the word, Captain of the Guard). There were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the emperor were consigned: Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 6; Pliny, epistles 10, 65 (57). (See B. D. American edition as above; Lightfoot on Philippi, p. 7f.)
† στρατοπέδ - αρχος
( Rec. - ης ), - ου , ὁ
( < στρατόπεδον , ἄρχω ), a military commander, esp . the Pretorian prefect: [Act 28:16] ( WH , om .). †
στρατοπεδάρχης , see στρατοπέδαρχος .