λοχαγόν (lochagon)

λοχαγόν is an Ancient Greek form of Λόχαγος, meaning “Lochagos — leader of an armed band; commander of a company; captain”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.32: καὶ εἶχεν οὕτως. τοῦτον μὲν οὖν ἀπήλασαν· οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι παρὰ τὰς τάξεις ἰόντες, ὅπου μὲν στρατηγὸς σῷος εἴη, τὸν στρατηγὸν παρεκάλουν, ὁπόθεν δὲ οἴχοιτο, τὸν ὑποστράτηγον, ὅπου δʼ αὖ λοχαγὸς σῷος εἴη, τὸν λοχαγόν.

Polybius, Histories 27.15.14: ὡς δὲ τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἱππόλοχον καὶ Νίκανδρον καὶ Λόχαγον εἶδον τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς ἀναγομένους εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀπὸ τῆς ἱππομαχίας ἀλόγως, καὶ τὰς διαβολὰς τὰς ἐκ τῶν περὶ Λυκ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.