Στρατός
army
Translated by Debra Hamel7 Dec 1998Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the mass of those fighting, whereas the position [sc. they occupy is a] stratopedon ["camp"]; for it is the ground [pedon] of the army [stratos].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στρατός· τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πολεμούντων, ὁ δὲ τόπος στρατόπεδον· λέγεται γὰρ τοῦ στρατοῦ τὸ πέδον.
Betacode
*strato/s: to\ plh=qos tw=n polemou/ntwn, o( de\ to/pos strato/pedon: le/getai ga\r tou= stratou= to\ pe/don.
Notes
- Same or similar entries in other lexica; references at Photius sigma612 Theodoridis.
cf. sigma 1182.
Linked from2 entries
- 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."
- σ1182Στρατόπεδον ἐποιήσαντοthey made campInstead of "tents"; for the word [camp, stratopedon] means two things, both the armed force and the position of the armed force. But it refers more properly to the position, as the field [pedon] of the army [stratos].…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- note — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation — David Whitehead
- Translated — Debra Hamel