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arconte
Sign in to savethumb|260x260px|Fragmentary inscription bearing the names of six city archons (politarchs), 2nd century BC, Archaeological Museum of Pella Archon (, plural: , árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem , meaning "to be first, to rule" (see also "beginning, origin"), derived from the same root as words such as monarch and hierarchy.
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Arconte (em grego: αρχων, transl. arkhon, o responsável por um arkhê, "cargo") era o título dos membros de uma assembleia de nobres da Atenas antiga, que se reuniam no arcontado.
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