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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *strətós, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥tós, from *ster- (“to spread, stretch out, extend”). The original meaning was probably "camping army" (stretched over an area).[1]
Cognates include Latin strātus, Old Irish srath (“grass, grassy place”), and Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá-, “bestrewn”). Compare στορέννυμι (storénnumi).
Compare στρωτός (strōtós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stra.tós/ → /straˈtos/ → /straˈtos/
Noun
στρᾰτός • (stratós) m (genitive στρᾰτοῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric)
- army, military force
- (in Homer) the soldiery, the people, exclusive of the chiefs; the common people
- any band or body of men, as of the Amphictyons
Inflection
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “στρατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρατός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στρατός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɾaˈtos/ - compare to the name Στράτος (Strátos)
- Hyphenation: στρα‧τός
Noun
στρατός • (stratós) m (plural στρατοί)
- army, military force
- Synonyms: στρατιά (stratiá), στράτευμα (strátevma) (massed armies)
Declension
- αντιστρατιωτικώς (antistratiotikós, “antimilitaristic, unmilitary”, adjective)
- αρχιστρατηγός m (archistratigós, “commander-in-chief”)
- αστράτευτος (astráteftos, “unconscripted, exempted service”, adjective)
- αστρατολόγητος (astratológitos, “unrecruited”, adjective)
- επιστρατεύω (epistratévo, “to conscript”)
- Κόκκινος Στρατός m (Kókkinos Stratós, “Red Army”)
- στρατάρχης m (stratárchis, “field marshal”)
- στρατηγείο n (stratigeío, “headquarters”)
- στρατήγημα n (stratígima, “stratagem”)
- στρατηγία f (stratigía, “generalship”)
- στρατηγική f (stratigikí, “strategy”)
- στρατηγικός (stratigikós, “strategic”)
- στρατηγός m (stratigós, “general”)
- στρατιωτάκι n (stratiotáki, “toy soldier”)
- στρατιώτης m (stratiótis, “soldier”)
- στρατιωτικά (stratiotiká, “militarily”)
- στρατιωτικός (stratiotikós, “militaristic, military”)
- στρατιωτικός (stratiotikós, “military”)
- στρατιωτίνα f (stratiotína, “soldier”)
- στρατοκράτης m (stratokrátis, “militarist”)
- στρατοκρατία f (stratokratía, “militarism”)
- στρατολογία f (stratología, “conscription”)
- στρατολογώ (stratologó, “to conscript”)
Further reading