leader, beginner; leader of a chorus
Ancient Greek word, found 23 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 24.721: θρήνων ἐξάρχους, οἵ τε στονόεσσαν ἀοιδὴν
Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 743: ὄμνυ· σὺ δʼ ἔξαρχʼ ὅρκον ὅστις εὐσεβής.
Euripides, Bacchae 140: νος ἐς ὄρεα Φρύγια, Λύδιʼ, ὁ δʼ ἔξαρχος Βρόμιος,
All forms of ἔξαρχος