στρατηγέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[στραταγέω|στρᾰτᾱγέω]] ''SIG'' 421.16 (Thermum, iii B.C.), etc.; Aeol. [[στροταγέω|στροτᾱγέω]] ''IGRom.''4.1243 (Thyatira), but στρατηγέω in the duplicate, ''IG''12(2).243.3 (Mytil.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be general]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.28, E.''Heracl.''391; esp. at Athens (v. [[στρατηγός]] ''ΙΙ''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 288, ''Nu.''586, Th.1.57, etc.; προγόνων εἶναι τῶν ἐστρατηγηκότων Aeschin.1.27, cf. D.34.50; <b class="b3">καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ σ.</b> Isoc.5.140; <b class="b3">σ. ἀπὸ μεγάλων</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[τιμημάτων]]) they [[are eligible as general]] beginning from a high property-qualification, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Politica|Pol.]]''1282a31: in Egypt, [[hold the office of]] [[στρατηγός]], ''BGU''1297.4 (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.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., to [[be general of]] an army, <b class="b3">τῶν Λυδῶν, Ἐρετριέων</b>, etc., [[Herodotus|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 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -ον) <b class="b3">; ποῦ σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε</b>; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1100.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. dat., ἐστρατήγησε Λακεδαιμονίοισι ἐς Θεσσαλίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.72, cf. A.''Eu.''25, E.''Tr.''926, ''Andr.''324, Lys.13.62; but <b class="b3">σ. Ξέρξῃ</b> to [[be general]] of his army, Paus. 9.1.3.<br><span class="bld">d</span> followed by a Prep., σ. ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ And.4.13; ἐν Τροίᾳ S.''El.''1; ἐς Θεσσαλίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] (v. supr. c); <b class="b3">σ. ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀσίας</b> [[serve as general]] on the side of Asia, Isoc.4.154.<br><span class="bld">e</span> c. inf., [[manoeuvre]] so as.., μάχην θέσθαι Plu.''Pyrrh.''21, cf. ''Crass.''25, etc.<br><span class="bld">f</span> c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">σ. στρατηγίας</b> 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; <b class="b3">πάντα ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου</b> [[carry]] on the whole [[war]] in Philip's [[favour]], D.3.6; <b class="b3">τοιαῦτα στρατηγέω</b> [[manage]] matters so in his [[command]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.107; <b class="b3">εἰ μὲν ἄλλο τι καλῶς ἐστρ</b>. X.''HG''6.5.51 —Pass., τὰ στρατηγούμενα D.4.25,47.<br><span class="bld">g</span> 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]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Politica|Pol.]]''1277b11; to [[be governed as a province]], App.''Mith.''105.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἡ τύχη ἐστρ</b>. X.''An.''2.2.13, cf. 3.2.27; ἐστρ. ἡ σιωπὴ τὸν ἀγῶνα Plu.2.506e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b3">τῷ σχήματι τοῦ προσώπου στρατηγεῖν τὴν τοῦ πλήθους εὐθυμίαν</b> (of a general) Onos.13.3.