στρατηγός
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stra.tɛː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stra.te̝ˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/
Noun
στρᾰτηγός • (stratēgós) m (genitive στρᾰτηγοῦ); second declension
- A leader or commander of an army: general
- The top official in any capacity (often used of various Roman ranks: consul, magistrate, etc.)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ στρᾰτηγός ho stratēgós |
τὼ στρᾰτηγώ tṑ stratēgṓ |
οἱ στρᾰτηγοί hoi stratēgoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στρᾰτηγοῦ toû stratēgoû |
τοῖν στρᾰτηγοῖν toîn stratēgoîn |
τῶν στρᾰτηγῶν tôn stratēgôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στρᾰτηγῷ tôi stratēgôi |
τοῖν στρᾰτηγοῖν toîn stratēgoîn |
τοῖς στρᾰτηγοῖς toîs stratēgoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν στρᾰτηγόν tòn stratēgón |
τὼ στρᾰτηγώ tṑ stratēgṓ |
τοὺς στρᾰτηγούς toùs stratēgoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στρᾰτηγέ stratēgé |
στρᾰτηγώ stratēgṓ |
στρᾰτηγοί stratēgoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αὐτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (autostrátēgos, noun)
- ἐπῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (epistrátēgos, noun)
- κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγέω (katastratēgéō, verb)
- κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (katastratēgíā, noun)
- νῠκτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (nuktostrátēgos, noun)
- πρωτοστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (prōtostratēgíā, noun)
- πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγέω (parastratēgéō, verb)
- πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (parastratēgíā, noun)
- στρᾰτηγεῖον n (stratēgeîon, noun)
- στρᾰτηγέω (stratēgéō, verb)
- στρᾰτήγιον n (stratḗgion, noun)
- Στρᾰτηγᾰ́γῐος m (Stratēgágios, proper noun) (Doric)
- στρᾰτηγῐκός (stratēgikós, adjective)
- Στρᾰτήγῐος m (Stratḗgios, proper noun)
- στρᾰτηγῐ́ς f (stratēgís, feminine adjective, noun)
- στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (stratēgíā, noun)
- σῠστρᾰ́τηγος m (sustrátēgos, noun)
- ᾰ̓ντῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (antistrátēgos, noun)
- ᾰ̓ξῐοστρᾰ́τηγος (axiostrátēgos, adjective)
- ᾰ̓ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (apostrátēgos, noun)
- ᾰ̓ρχῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (arkhistrátēgos, noun)
- ᾰ̓στρᾰτήγητος (astratḗgētos, adjective)
- ᾰ̓στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (astratēgíā, noun)
- ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (hupostrátēgos, noun)
Descendants
- Greek: στρατηγός (stratigós)
- Mariupol Greek: страты́юс (stratýjus)
- → Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨅𐨒 (stratega)
- → Latin: stratēgus
- → Russian: стратег (strateg)
Further reading
Strategos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “στρᾰτηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρατηγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4755 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós, “general”)
Noun
στρατηγός • (stratigós) m or f (plural στρατηγοί)
Declension
declension of στρατηγός
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- αρχιστράτηγος m (archistrátigos, “commander-in-chief”)
- and see: στρατός m (stratós, “army”)
Further reading
- στρατηγός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el