strategema

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /stra.teːˈɡeː.ma/

Noun

stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension

(military) a stratagem
(by extension) any artifice, trickery

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata
genitive	stratēgēmatis	stratēgēmatum
dative	stratēgēmatī	stratēgēmatibus
accusative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata
ablative	stratēgēmate	stratēgēmatibus
vocative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata

Related terms

Descendants

English: stratagem
French: stratagème
Italian: stratagemma
Portuguese: estratagema
Spanish: estratagema

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

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