אַרְכוֹנְטוֹס, (ἄρχων, -οντος) archont, city-magistrate, prefect. Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ top. Lam. R. to II, 2; IV, 18. Gen. R. s. 76 ארכוננוס (corr. acc.). [The office of a city mayor or senator in the Roman days was often ruinous to its occupants; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Senatus.]