στρατηγέω

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Dor. στρᾰτᾱγέω SIG 421.16 (Thermum, iii B.C.), etc.; Aeol. στροτᾱγέω IGRom.4.1243 (Thyatira), but στρατ- in the duplicate, IG12(2).243.3 (Mytil.):—

   A to be general, Hdt.5.28, E.Heracl.391; esp. at Athens (v. στρατηγός 11), Ar.Eq. 288, Nu.586, Th.1.57, etc.; προγόνων εἶναι τῶν ἐστρατηγηκότων Aeschin.1.27, cf. D.34.50; καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ σ. Isoc.5.140; σ. ἀπὸ μεγάλων (sc. τιμημάτων) they are eligible as general beginning from a high property-qualification, Arist.Pol.1282a31: in Egypt, hold the office of στρατηγός, BGU1297.4 (iii B.C.), PEnteux.8.10 (iii B.C.), etc.: at Rome, to be consul, Plb.2.21.7, 3.114.6; more freq., to be praetor, Plu.Ant.6; στρατηγῶν καὶ ὑπατεύων Id.Cat.Ma.4, cf. Arr.Epict.4.1.149.    b c. gen., to be general of an army, τῶν Λυδῶν, Ἐρετριέων, etc., Hdt.1.34, 5.102, etc.; freq. in Att., Th.1.29, D.20.82, etc.; also σ. τῆς Σάμου Plu.Per.26; πολέμου D.H.3.22 (v.l. -ον) ; ποῦ σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε; S.Aj.1100.    c c. dat., ἐστρατήγησε Λακεδαιμονίοισι ἐς Θεσσαλίην Hdt.6.72, cf. A.Eu.25, E.Tr.926, Andr.324, Lys.13.62; but σ. Ξέρξῃ to be general of his army, Paus. 9.1.3.    d folld. by a Prep., σ. ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ And.4.13; ἐν Τροίᾳ S.El.1; ἐς Θεσσαλίην Hdt. (v. supr. c); σ. ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀσίας serve as general on the side of Asia, Isoc.4.154.    e c. inf., manoeuvre so as . ., μάχην θέσθαι Plu.Pyrrh.21, cf. Crass.25, etc.    f c. acc. cogn., σ. στρατηγίας And 1.147, Dinsmoor Archons of Athens 7; ναυμαχίαν, πόλεμον, D.13.21, 49.25: with neut. Adj., do a thing as general, τοῦτο X.An.7.6.40; πάντα ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου carry on the whole war in Philip's favour, D.3.6; τοιαῦτα σ. manage matters so in his command, Hdt.9.107; εἰ μὲν ἄλλο τι καλῶς ἐστρ. X.HG6.5.51 —Pass., τὰ στρατηγούμενα D.4.25,47.    g Pass., to be commanded by a general, ἡ πόλις . . ὑπὸ ὑμῶν . . στρατηγεῖται Pl.Ion 541c; στρατιὰ ὑπό τινων στρατηγουμένη Isoc.4.185; δυοῖν . . στρατηγεῖται φυγή E.Heracl.39; στρατηγηθῆναι serve under a στρατηγός, Arist. Pol.1277b11; to be governed as a province, App.Mith.105.    2 metaph., ἡ τύχη ἐστρ. X.An.2.2.13, cf. 3.2.27; ἐστρ. ἡ σιωπὴ τὸν ἀγῶνα Plu.2.506e.    II c. acc. pers., out-general, D.4.41 (Pass.), Plb.3.71.1, 9.25.6, LXX 2 Ma.14.31 (Pass.), cf. D.H.5.29 codd.: metaph. of Homer, δημαγωγῶν καὶ στρατηγῶν τὰ πλήθη Str.1.2.9; in Med., of Pythagoras, Socr.Ep.28 (τερατευσαμένῳ Hercher).    2 c. acc. rei, τῷ σχήματι τοῦ προσώπου στρατηγεῖν τὴν τοῦ πλήθους εὐθυμίαν (of a general) Onos.13.3.