trierarch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a commander or captain of a trireme in the ancient Greek world

   The trierarch ordered the rowers to increase their stroke as the enemy ship approached.

2. 2
   noun

   in classical Athens, a wealthy citizen required as a civic duty to equip and maintain a trireme and often to command it

   The appointed trierarch paid for repairs and equipment before the vessel entered service.

Through Latin trierarchus from Ancient Greek trierarchos, formed from trieres, 'trireme', and archos, 'ruler or commander'. At Athens the command became a public liturgy: the trierarch was responsible not only for leading the ship but also for much of its outfitting and upkeep.

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