ἐκστρατεία

See also: εκστρατεία and ἐκστρατείᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Equivalent to ἐκ- (ek-, “out of, from”) +‎ στρᾰτείᾱ (străteíā, “campaign, expedition”), from ἐκστρατεύω (ekstrateúō, “to march out; to take the field; wage a campaign”) from ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ στρᾰτεύω (străteúō, “advance with an army, wage war”), from στρᾰτός (strătós, “army, band of men”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eks.tra.těː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/

Noun

ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ • (ekstrăteíā) f (genitive ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς); first declension

a band of men going out on service; the departure of an army to take the field; recruitment of soldiers to wage a campaign; men marching off on a military expedition
Synonym: ἐκστράτευσις (ekstráteusis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ; τῆς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ hē ekstrăteíā	τὼ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ekstrăteíā	αἱ ἐκστρᾰτεῖαι hai ekstrăteîai
Genitive	τῆς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς tês ekstrăteíās	τοῖν ἐκστρᾰτείαιν toîn ekstrăteíain	τῶν ἐκστρᾰτειῶν tôn ekstrăteiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐκστρᾰτείᾳ tēî ekstrăteíāi	τοῖν ἐκστρᾰτείαιν toîn ekstrăteíain	ταῖς ἐκστρᾰτείαις taîs ekstrăteíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐκστρᾰτείᾱν tḕn ekstrăteíān	τὼ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ekstrăteíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς tā̀s ekstrăteíās
Vocative	ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ ekstrăteíā	ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ ekstrăteíā	ἐκστρᾰτεῖαι ekstrăteîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἐκστρατεύω (ekstrateúō)

Descendants

Greek: εκστρατεία (ekstrateía)