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
 

Noun

στρᾰτηγός • (stratēgós) m (genitive στρᾰτηγοῦ); second declension

  1. A leader or commander of an army: general
  2. 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

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós, “general”)

Noun

στρατηγός • (stratigós) m or f (plural στρατηγοί)

  1. (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

Further reading
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