στρατιώτης
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ: voc.
A στρατιῶτα Philem.155: (στρατιά):— soldier, Hdt.4.134, al., Cratin.143, IG12.60.12, etc.; στρατιώτας καταλέγειν Ar.Ach.1065; σ. μισθωσάμενος, of Pisistratus, Arist.Ath. 15.2; ἄνδρες σ., in a speech, Th.7.61; collectively, in sg., ὁ πολὺς ὅμιλος καὶ σ. Id.6.24; also of soldiers serving on ship-board, Id.2.88. 2 later, professional soldier,= μισθοφόρος, Arist.EN1116b15, cf.Archestr.Fr.61; soldier in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, PEnteux. 54.8 (iii B.C.), OGI86.12 (iii B.C.), PLond.1.142.4 (i A.D.), etc.; Κάσσανδρος τῶν Ἀπολλωνίου στρατιωτῶν PCair.Zen.301.1 (iii B.C.). II water-lettuce (σ. ἔνυδρος Gal.12.131), Pistia Stratiotes, Meno Iatr.6.22, Dsc.4.101; σ. χιλιόφυλλος, Achillea Millefolium, yarrow or milfoil, ib.102.
