lochage

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοχαγός (lokhagós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

lochage (plural lochagoi or lochagi)

1. (historical) The head of a lochos in Ancient Greece; an officer or commander. [from 17th c.]
   • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:

     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 […] .

   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 132:

     ‘Come inside. The lochage wishes to speak with you.’

References

• “lochage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• galoche