στρατήγημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρατηγέω (stratēgéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stra.tɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.ma/ → /straˈti.ʝi.ma/ → /straˈti.ʝi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stra.tɛ̌ː.ɡɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /straˈte̝.ɡe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /straˈti.ʝi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /straˈti.ʝi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /straˈti.ʝi.ma/

Noun

στρᾰτήγημᾰ • (strătḗgēmă) n (genitive στρᾰτηγήμᾰτος); third declension

1. act of a general, piece of generalship
2. trick, device, ploy, stratagem, tactic

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στρᾰτήγημᾰ; τοῦ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρᾰτήγημᾰ tò strătḗgēmă	τὼ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτε tṑ strătēgḗmăte	τᾰ̀ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτᾰ tằ strătēgḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτος toû strătēgḗmătos	τοῖν στρᾰτηγημᾰ́τοιν toîn strătēgēmắtoin	τῶν στρᾰτηγημᾰ́των tôn strătēgēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτῐ tôi strătēgḗmătĭ	τοῖν στρᾰτηγημᾰ́τοιν toîn strătēgēmắtoin	τοῖς στρᾰτηγήμᾰσῐ / στρᾰτηγήμᾰσῐν toîs strătēgḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στρᾰτήγημᾰ tò strătḗgēmă	τὼ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτε tṑ strătēgḗmăte	τᾰ̀ στρᾰτηγήμᾰτᾰ tằ strătēgḗmătă
Vocative	στρᾰτήγημᾰ strătḗgēmă	στρᾰτηγήμᾰτε strătēgḗmăte	στρᾰτηγήμᾰτᾰ strătēgḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: stratēgēma (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “στρατήγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στρατήγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στρατήγημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette