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στρατηγέω, to be general

στρᾰτηγ-έω, Dor. στρᾰτᾱγέω SIG 421.16 (Thermum, iii B.C.), etc.; Aeol. στροτᾱγέω IGRom. 4.1243 (Thyatira), but στρατ- in the duplicate, IG 12(2).243.3 (Mytil.):—
  • to be general, Hdt. 5.28, E. Heracl. 391; esp. at Athens (v. στρατηγός II), 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, 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.
        • 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 Philipʼs favour, D. 3.6; τοιαῦτα σ. manage matters so in his command, Hdt. 9.107; εἰ μὲν ἄλλο τι καλῶς ἐστρ. X. HG 6.5.51 —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. Garr. 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.

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