στρατηγός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στρᾰτᾱγός (stratāgós) (Arcadian, Doric)
• στρότᾱγος (strótāgos) (Aeolic)

Etymology

Compound of στρατός (stratós, “army”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stra.tɛː.ɡós/ → /stra.tiˈɣos/ → /stra.tiˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stra.tɛː.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stra.te̝ˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stra.tiˈɣos/

Noun

στρᾰτηγός • (stratēgós) m (genitive στρᾰτηγοῦ); second declension

1. A leader or commander of an army: general
2. The top official in any capacity (often used of various Roman ranks: consul, magistrate, etc.)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ στρᾰτηγός; τοῦ στρᾰτηγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στρᾰτηγέω (stratēgéō)
• στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ (stratēgíā)
• στρᾰτηγῐκός (stratēgikós)

 

Descendants

• → Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨅𐨒‎ (stratega)
• Greek: στρατηγός (stratigós)
• → Latin: stratēgus
  • → French: stratège
    • → Catalan: estrateg
    • → German: Stratege
    • → Portuguese: estratega
    • → Spanish: estratega
• → Russian: стратег (strateg)

Further reading

• “στρατηγός”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • admiral idem, page 12.
  • captain idem, page 112.
  • commander idem, page 146.
  • imperator idem, page 420.
  • marshal idem, page 515.
  • praetor idem, page 631.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós, “general”)

Noun

στρατηγός • (stratigós) m or f (plural στρατηγοί)

1. (military) general, an army rank with the NATO grade OF-9

   Synonym: (abbreviation) στγος (stgos)

Declension

declension of στρατηγός

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	στρατηγός •	στρατηγοί •
genitive	στρατηγού •	στρατηγών •
accusative	στρατηγό •	στρατηγούς •
vocative	στρατηγέ •	στρατηγοί •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek military ranks

Related terms

• αρχιστράτηγος m (archistrátigos, “commander-in-chief”)
• and see: στρατός m (stratós, “army”)

Further reading

• στρατηγός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el