Στρατηγιᾶν

to wish to be a general

Translated by Debra Hamel16 Nov 1998Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 43 words
[Meaning] to desire the office of general.1
Also [sc. attested is the participle] strathgiw=nta ["wishing to be a general"], [meaning him] striving for a generalship. Josephus [writes]: "want of resources held back the man wishing to be general and aiming at greater things."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στρατηγιᾶν· ἐπιθυμεῖν τῆς στρατηγίδος. καὶ Στρατηγιῶντα, στρατηγίας ὀρεγόμενον. Ἰώσηπος· ἤδη δ' αὐτὸν στρατηγιῶντα καὶ μειζόνων ἐφιέμενον ἔνδεια χρημάτων κατεῖχε.

Betacode
*strathgia=n: e)piqumei=n th=s strathgi/dos. kai\ *strathgiw=nta, strathgi/as o)rego/menon. *)iw/shpos: h)/dh d' au)to\n strathgiw=nta kai\ meizo/nwn e)fie/menon e)/ndeia xrhma/twn katei=xe.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius sigma606 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2Josephus, Jewish Wars 2.590 (on John, son of Levi). See web address 1. ↩

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σ1167Στρατήγημαstratagem, generalshipσ1168Στρατηγίαgeneralship, office of generalσ1169Στρατηγιᾶνto wish to be a generalσ1170Στρατήγιονgeneral's quartersσ1171Στρατήγιονgeneral's tent, headquarters
Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Apr 2022
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  6. added headword and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Debra Hamel

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