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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).
Pronunciation
Noun
stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension
- (military) a stratagem
- (by extension) any artifice, trickery
- Synonyms: dēceptiō, fraus, maleficium, perfidia, dolus, ars
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “strategema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strategema”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strategema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.