Στρατήγημα

stratagem, generalship

Translated by Debra Hamel16 Nov 1998Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 11 words
[Meaning a] trick, the leadership of the army,1 [sc. military] success.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στρατήγημα· σόφισμα, ἡ τοῦ στρατοῦ ἡγεμονία, ἡ κατόρθωσις.

Betacode
*strath/ghma: so/fisma, h( tou= stratou= h(gemoni/a, h( kato/rqwsis.

Notes (1)

  1. Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius sigma601 Theodoridis.
    See generally E.L. Wheeler, Stratagem and the Vocabulary of Military Trickery (Mnemosyne suppl.108: Leiden 1988) chap.1.
  2. 1Adler reports that mss GM read strathgou= "of the general". ↩

Neighbouring entries

σ1165Στρατεία ἐν τοῖς ἐπωνύμοιςcampaign in the eponymsσ1166Στρατείαcommand, military appointmentσ1167Στρατήγημαstratagem, generalshipσ1168Στρατηγίαgeneralship, office of generalσ1169Στρατηγιᾶνto wish to be a general
Revision history5 revisions · last 2 May 2014
  1. another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. added italics — Catharine Roth
  5. added headwords, note, keyword — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Debra Hamel

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