Στρατιά

command, stratia

Translated by Debra Hamel14 Aug 1999Vetting: high9 revisions

3 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] the division of soldiers under one commander.1
But strateia [means] "rank."2
When the Scripture says regarding Manasseh that he worshipped the army [stratia] of heaven, this means the sun and the moon and the stars.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στρατιά· τὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὑπὸ ἕνα ἔπαρχον τάγμα. Στρατεία δὲ τὸ ἀξίωμα. ὅτε δὲ λέγει ἡ Γραφὴ περὶ Μανασσῆ, ὅτι ἐλάτρευσε τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας λέγει.

Betacode
*stratia/: to\ tw=n stratiwtw=n u(po\ e(/na e)/parxon ta/gma. *stratei/a de\ to\ a)ci/wma. o(/te de\ le/gei h( *grafh\ peri\ *manassh=, o(/ti e)la/treuse th=| stratia=| tou= ou)ranou=, to\n h(/lion kai\ th\n selh/nhn kai\ tou\s a)ste/ras le/gei. 

Notes (3)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon); references at Photius sigma604 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2cf. sigma 1166, sigma 1158 ↩
  3. 3George the Monk, Chronicon 237.10-13. The reference is to 2 Kingdoms 21:3 LXX. The language of the Septuagint differs slightly from that of the Suda. The former reads: kai\ proseku/nhsen pa/sh| th|= duna/mei tou= ou)ranou= kai\ e)dou/leusen au)toi=s. ↩

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Revision history9 revisions · last 26 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. tweak — Catharine Roth
  3. tweak — Catharine Roth
  4. coding — Catharine Roth
  5. another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  6. tweaked translation, deleted link — Catharine Roth
  7. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  8. betacode cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  9. supplied headword; modified translation; augmented notes — David Whitehead
  10. Translated — Debra Hamel

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