Gr. Ant. [ad. Gr. ἀμφοδάρχ-ης, f. ἄμφοδον a quarter of a town, orig. a block of houses surrounded by streets + -αρχης ruler.] One exercising authority over a quarter of a town.
1878. N. Amer. Rev., CXXVII. 502. The new town [Jerusalem] was divided [by Hadrian] into seven quarters, each directed by an amphodarch [printed amphidarch].
