__II at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, 4.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 26.1, 44.4, 61.1, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.25; οἱ σ. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.11, compare “IG” 12.302.46, +others; σ. εἵλοντο δέκα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.16, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 117.4, _plural_ Comedy texts 185, etc.; τῷ σ. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ “IG” 22.1629.209 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; when distinguished from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decrees cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.184, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 4.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χειροτονηθεὶς σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, [[ “IG” 22.682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν [prev. work]22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν [prev. work]24. ] Refs]
__II.2 also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of many other Greek states, [[ “IG” 5(2) [prev. cited] (Tegea, 4th c.BC), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, 4th c.BC), “OGI” 329.42 (Aegina, 2nd c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 114, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.43.1, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, [[ PEnteux. 1.12, +others (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 351.4 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1730.11 (1st c.BC), “OGI” 184.3 (Philae, 1st c.BC), Wilcken “Chr.” 41 ii 6 (3rd c.AD), 43.1 (4th c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 341 (a). 20 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Cyprus, [[ “OGI” 84 (3rd c.BC); ὁ σ. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης [prev. work] 186 (Philae, 1st c.BC); in the Attalid empire, [prev. work]267.13 (Pergam., 3rd c.BC), +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, [[ “BGU” 729.1 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; at Ptolemais, [[ “OGI” 743 = “Raccolta Lumbroso” 299 (1st c.BC), “Sammelb.” 7027 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 σ. ὕπατος consul, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1165 (Gythium, 2nd c.BC), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, 2nd c.BC), 42(1).306 D (Epid., 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.52.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also ς. alone, [[ [prev. author] 1.7.12, +others, “SIG” 685.20 (Crete, 2nd c.BC), and ὕπατος] Refs 2nd c.BC+] alone, see at {ὕπατο; σ. ἀνθύπατος} proconsul, [[[prev. work]826 I 1 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 745.2 (Rhodes, 1st c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἑξαπέλεκυς σ. praetor, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; used of the praetor urbanus, [[ [prev. author] 33.1.5; called σ. κατὰ πόλιν “IG” 14.951 (1st c.BC), etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ς. alone, = praetor, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.1.26 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, [[ NT.Act.16.20 ] NT]: later of the Comes Orientis, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 56.21. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.5 an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ [[ NT.Luke.22.52, NT.Act.4.1, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.5.3. ] NT+1st c.AD+]
__II.6 νυκτερινὸς σ. superintendent of police at Alexandria, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
