στρατηγός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

στρᾰτᾱγός (strătāgós) — 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 • (strătēgós) 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 strătēgós	τὼ στρᾰτηγώ tṑ strătēgṓ	οἱ στρᾰτηγοί hoi strătēgoí
Genitive	τοῦ στρᾰτηγοῦ toû strătēgoû	τοῖν στρᾰτηγοῖν toîn strătēgoîn	τῶν στρᾰτηγῶν tôn strătēgôn
Dative	τῷ στρᾰτηγῷ tōî strătēgōî	τοῖν στρᾰτηγοῖν toîn strătēgoîn	τοῖς στρᾰτηγοῖς toîs strătēgoîs
Accusative	τὸν στρᾰτηγόν tòn strătēgón	τὼ στρᾰτηγώ tṑ strătēgṓ	τοὺς στρᾰτηγούς toùs strătēgoús
Vocative	στρᾰτηγέ strătēgé	στρᾰτηγώ strătēgṓ	στρᾰτηγοί strătēgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓ντῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (ăntĭstrắtēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓ξῐοστρᾰ́τηγος (ăxĭostrắtēgos, adjective)
ᾰ̓ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (ăpostrắtēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓ρχῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (ărkhĭstrắtēgos, noun)
ᾰ̓στρᾰτήγητος (ăstrătḗgētos, adjective)
ᾰ̓στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (ăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
αὐτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (autostrắtēgos, noun)
ἐπῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (epĭstrắtēgos, noun)
κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγέω (kătăstrătēgéō, verb)
κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (kătăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
νῠκτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (nŭktostrắtēgos, noun)
πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγέω (părăstrătēgéō, verb)
πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (părăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
πρωτοστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (prōtostrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
Στρᾰτηγᾰ́γῐος m (Strătēgắgĭos, proper noun) (Doric)
στρᾰτηγεῖον n (strătēgeîon, noun)
στρᾰτηγέω (strătēgéō, verb)
στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (strătēgĭ́ā, noun)
στρᾰτηγῐκός (strătēgĭkós, adjective)
στρᾰτήγιον n (strătḗgion, noun)
Στρᾰτήγῐος m (Strătḗgĭos, proper noun)
στρᾰτηγῐ́ς f (strătēgĭ́s, feminine adjective, noun)
σῠστρᾰ́τηγος m (sŭstrắtēgos, noun)
ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (hŭpostrắtēgos, 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^[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)

(military) general, an army rank with the NATO grade OF-9
Synonym: (abbreviation) στγος (stgos)

Declension

Declension of **στρατηγός**
	singular	plural
nominative	στρατηγός (stratigós)	στρατηγοί (stratigoí)
genitive	στρατηγού (stratigoú)	στρατηγών (stratigón)
accusative	στρατηγό (stratigó)	στρατηγούς (stratigoús)
vocative	στρατηγέ (stratigé)	στρατηγοί (stratigoí)

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