στρᾰτηγ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, office of general, command, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, 5.26, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 678, 704, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 100, 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 22, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραλύειν τινὰ τῆς σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.94 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνάσσων Ἑλλάδος στρατηγίας being chief general of Greece, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυραννίδος μᾶλλον.. μίμησις ἢ σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a naval command, [[ [prev. author] 5.26, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 at Athens, office of στρατηγός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 192, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.41: in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b, “R.” 599c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς ἐνιαυσίοις σ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 16 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: presidency of the Achaean league, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.37.1, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; in Egypt, office of στρατηγός, πρὸς τῇ σ. deputy-στρατηγός, [[ “PEnteux.” 63.10 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 108.28 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πρὸς τῇ σ. also,= στρατηγός, [[ “BGU” 12.6 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; at Rome, praetorship, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 39, “Sull.” 5, etc.; compare στρατηγός 11.3, 4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 period of command, campaign, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]