στρατηγός
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.teˈɡos/
- (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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- στρατηγέω (stratēgéō)
- στρατηγία (stratēgía)
Descendants
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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- 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).
Noun
στρατηγός • (stratigós) m (plural στρατηγοί)
Declension
declension of στρατηγός
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στρατηγός • | στρατηγοί • |
| genitive | στρατηγού • | στρατηγών • |
| accusative | στρατηγό • | στρατηγούς • |
| vocative | στρατηγέ • | στρατηγοί • |
Related terms
- see: στρατός m (stratós, “army”)
See also
Greek army ranks:
- OR-1: στρατιώτης m (stratiótis, “private”)
- OR-1: στρατιωτίνα f (stratiotína, “private”)
- OR-3: υποδεκανέας m, f (ypodekanéas, “lance corporal”)
- OR-4: δεκανέας m, f (dekanéas, “corporal”)
- OR-5: έφεδρος λοχίας m (éfedros lochías, “reserve sergeant”)
- OR-5: έφεδρη λοχίας f (éfedri lochías, “reserve sergeant”)
- OR-6: μόνιμος λοχίας m (mónimos lochías, “reserve sergeant”)
- OR-6: μόνιμη λοχίας f (mónimi lochías, “reserve sergeant”)
- OR-7: επιλοχίας m (epilochías, “staff sergeant”)
- OR-8: αρχιλοχίας m, f (archilochías, “company sergeant major, warrant officer class 2”)
- OR-9: ανθυπασπιστής m, f (anthypaspistís, “regimental sergeant major, warrant officer class 1”)
- OF-1: ανθυπολοχαγός m, f (anthypolochagós, “second lieutenant, subaltern”)
- OF-1: υπολοχαγός m, f (ypolochagós, “lieutenant”)
- OF-2: λοχαγός m, f (lochagós, “captain”)
- OF-3: ταγματάρχης m, f (tagmatárchis, “major”)
- OF-4: αντισυνταγματάρχης m, f (antisyntagmatárchis, “lieutenant colonel”)
- OF-5: συνταγματάρχης m, f (syntagmatárchis, “colonel”)
- OF-6: ταξίαρχος m, f (taxíarchos, “brigadier, brigadier general”)
- OF-7: υποστράτηγος m (ypostrátigos, “major general”)
- OF-8: αντιστράτηγος m (antistrátigos, “lieutenant general”)
- OF-9: στρατηγός m (stratigós, “general”)
- OF-10: στρατάρχης m (stratárchis, “field marshal”)
- see also: Appendix:Greek military ranks
Further reading
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