Στρατήγιον

general's quarters

Translated by Debra Hamel12 Aug 1999Vetting: high7 revisions

3 notes · 26 words

[Meaning] the camp. In Attic dialect.¹ Sophocles [writes]: "going to the middle of the general's quarters."²
And elsewhere: "[they were] gathered together around the general's quarters."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στρατήγιον· τὸ στρατόπεδον. Ἀττικῶς. Σοφοκλῆς· μέσον δὲ προσμολὼν στρατήγιον. καὶ αὖθις· συνηθροισμένοι περὶ τὸ στρατήγιον.

Betacode

*strath/gion: to\ strato/pedon. *)attikw=s. *sofoklh=s: me/son de\ prosmolw\n strath/gion. kai\ au)=qis: sunhqroisme/noi peri\ to\ strath/gion.

Notes (3)

See also sigma 1171.
1Sense 5 in LSJ s.v. Perhaps specified as Attic in distinction from strathgei=on. ↩
2Sophocles, Ajax 721, with scholion. ↩
3Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩

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σ1171Στρατήγιονgeneral's tent, headquarters[Meaning] the [principal?] place of the army. "The commanders ran to the general's tent, the rest to their private tents."

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σ1168Στρατηγίαgeneralship, office of general σ1169Στρατηγιᾶνto wish to be a general σ1170Στρατήγιονgeneral's quarters σ1171Στρατήγιονgeneral's tent, headquarters σ1172Στρατηγὶς ναῦςgeneral's ship, flagship

Revision history7 revisions · last 15 Apr 2022

15 Apr 2022expanded note — Catharine Roth
26 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
1 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
10 May 2011augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
22 Sep 2004x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2003supplied headword; modified notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
20 Sep 2000cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Aug 1999Translated — Debra Hamel

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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