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|lshtext=<b>strătēgēma</b>: ătis (dat. and<br /><b>I</b> abl. plur. strategematibus, Front. 4 praef.), n., = [[στρατήγημα]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[piece]] of [[generalship]], a [[stratagem]]: [[consilium]] illud imperatorium fuit, [[quod]] [[Graeci]] [[στρατήγημα]] appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; Val. Max. 7, 4, De strategematis; Flor. 1, 13, 6; 2, 6, 12 sq.; 3, 10, 2 et saep.; and cf. the [[work]] of [[Frontinus]], Strategematicōn libri [[quattuor]].—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., [[any]] [[stratagem]], [[artifice]], [[trick]]: [[interim]] Rufio [[noster]] strategemate hominem percussit, Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2.
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|gf=<b>strătēgēma</b>, ătis, n. ([[στρατήγημα]]), stratagème, ruse de guerre : Flor. 1, 13, 6 &#124;&#124; [en gén.] stratagème, ruse : Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2 &#124;&#124; abl. pl., -[[tis]] Val. Max. 7, 4.
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