# στρατηγός
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* στρᾰτᾱγός (strătāgós) — Arcadian, Doric
* στρότᾱγος (strótāgos) — Aeolic

### Etymology

Compound of στρατός (stratós, “army”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) +‎ -ος (-os).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stra.tɛː.ɡós/ → /stra.tiˈɣos/ → /stra.tiˈɣos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /stra.tɛː.ɡós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /stra.te̝ˈɡos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /stra.tiˈɣos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /stra.tiˈɣos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /stra.tiˈɣos/

### Noun

στρᾰτηγός • (strătēgós) m (genitive στρᾰτηγοῦ); second declension
* A leader or commander of an army: general
* The top official in any capacity (often used of various Roman ranks: consul, magistrate, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* ᾰ̓ντῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (ăntĭstrắtēgos, noun)
* ᾰ̓ξῐοστρᾰ́τηγος (ăxĭostrắtēgos, adjective)
* ᾰ̓ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (ăpostrắtēgos, noun)
* ᾰ̓ρχῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (ărkhĭstrắtēgos, noun)
* ᾰ̓στρᾰτήγητος (ăstrătḗgētos, adjective)
* ᾰ̓στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (ăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
* αὐτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (autostrắtēgos, noun)
* ἐπῐστρᾰ́τηγος m (epĭstrắtēgos, noun)
* κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγέω (kătăstrătēgéō, verb)
* κᾰτᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (kătăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
* νῠκτοστρᾰ́τηγος m (nŭktostrắtēgos, noun)
* πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγέω (părăstrătēgéō, verb)
* πᾰρᾰστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (părăstrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
* πρωτοστρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (prōtostrătēgĭ́ā, noun)
* Στρᾰτηγᾰ́γῐος m (Strătēgắgĭos, proper noun) (Doric)
* στρᾰτηγεῖον n (strătēgeîon, noun)
* στρᾰτηγέω (strătēgéō, verb)
* στρᾰτηγῐ́ᾱ f (strătēgĭ́ā, noun)
* στρᾰτηγῐκός (strătēgĭkós, adjective)
* στρᾰτήγιον n (strătḗgion, noun)
* Στρᾰτήγῐος m (Strătḗgĭos, proper noun)
* στρᾰτηγῐ́ς f (strătēgĭ́s, feminine adjective, noun)
* σῠστρᾰ́τηγος m (sŭstrắtēgos, noun)
* ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος m (hŭpostrắtēgos, noun)

#### Descendants

* Greek: στρατηγός (stratigós)
* Mariupol Greek: страты́юс (stratýjus)
* → Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨅𐨒 (stratega)
* → Latin: stratēgus
** → French: stratège
*** → Catalan: estrateg
*** → German: Stratege
*** → Portuguese: estratega
*** → Spanish: estratega
* → Russian: стратег (strateg)

### Further reading

* Strategos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “στρᾰτηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* στρατηγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G4755 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. admiral idem, page 12.captain idem, page 112.commander idem, page 146.imperator idem, page 420.marshal idem, page 515.praetor idem, page 631.

## Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós, “general”)

### Noun

στρατηγός • (stratigós) m or f (plural στρατηγοί)
* (military) general, an army rank with the NATO grade OF-9
    Synonym: (abbreviation) στγος (stgos)

#### Coordinate terms

* Appendix:Greek military ranks

#### Related terms

* αρχιστράτηγος m (archistrátigos, “commander-in-chief”)
* and see: στρατός m (stratós, “army”)

#### Further reading

* στρατηγός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$