στρᾰτηγ-έω,
Doric dialect στρᾰτᾱγέω [[ “SIG” 421.16 (Thermum, 3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect στροτᾱγέω [[ “IGRom.” 4.1243 (from Thyatira)] Refs], but στρατ- in the duplicate, [[ “IG” 12(2).243.3 (Mytil.)] Refs]:— to be general, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.28, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 391; especially at Athens (see. στρατηγός 11), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 288, “Nu.” 586, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.57, etc.; προγόνων εἶναι τῶν ἐστρατηγηκότων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.27, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἀπὸ μεγάλων (i.e. τιμημάτων) they are eligible as general beginning from a high property-qualification, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Egypt, hold the office of στρατηγός, [[ “BGU” 1297.4 (3rd c.BC), “PEnteux.” 8.10 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.: at Rome, to be consul, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.21.7, 3.114.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; more frequently, to be praetor, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 6; στρατηγῶν καὶ ὑπατεύων [prev. author] “Cat.Ma.” 4, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.1.149. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__b with genitive, to be general of an army, τῶν Λυδῶν, Ἐρετριέων, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, 5.102, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.82, etc.; also σ. τῆς Σάμου 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 26; πολέμου 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.22 (variant{-ον})] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῦ σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδ; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]