dodecarchy en · NOUN
Etymology
From dodec- + -archy, after the pattern of heptarchy, etc.
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(countable, uncountable) A government of twelve people.
And this dodecarchy may have lasted much longer than is stated by Herodotus; the immense labyrinth on Lake Moeris, the building of which is ascribed to it, is a proof of this, or else we must deny that it was erected during the dodecarchy.
1852, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr, Lectures on Ancient History, page 105:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dodecarchies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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el δωδεκαρχία (Translations)