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

(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

A leader or commander of an army: general
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

αὐτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (autostrátēgos, noun)
ἐπῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (epistrátēgos, noun)
κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγέω (katastratēgéō, verb)
κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (katastratēgíā, noun)
νῠκτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (nuktostrátēgos, noun)
πρωτοστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (prōtostratēgíā, noun)
πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγέω (parastratēgéō, verb)
πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (parastratēgíā, noun)
στρᾰτηγεῖον n (stratēgeîon, noun)
στρᾰτηγέω (stratēgéō, verb)
στρᾰτήγιον n (stratḗgion, noun)
Στρᾰτηγᾰ́γῐος m (Stratēgágios, proper noun) (Doric)
στρᾰτηγῐκός (stratēgikós, adjective)
Στρᾰτήγῐος m (Stratḗgios, proper noun)
στρᾰτηγῐ́ς f (stratēgís, feminine adjective, noun)
στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (stratēgíā, noun)
σῠστρᾰ́τηγος m (sustrátēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓ντῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (antistrátēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓ξῐοστρᾰ́τηγος (axiostrátēgos, adjective)
ᾰ̓ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (apostrátēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓ρχῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (arkhistrátēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓στρᾰτήγητος (astratḗgētos, adjective)
ᾰ̓στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (astratēgíā, noun)
ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (hupostrátēgos, noun)

Descendants

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

Further reading

Strategos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“στρᾰτηγός”, 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, 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)

(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

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