tetrarch

Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑːk/

tetrarch (plural tetrarchs)

1. A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
2. Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
3. An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

• heptarch
• hexarch

Learned borrowing from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

• IPA^(key): /teːˈtrɑrx/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: te‧trarch
• Rhymes: -ɑrx

tetrarch m (plural tetrarchen, diminutive tetrarchje n)

1. A tetrarch (governor or ruler of a quarter of a country).
2. A tetrarch (one of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy).
3. A tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece).

• viervorst

• tetrarchie