στρᾰτιά,
Ionic dialect στρατ-ιή, ἡ,= στρατός, army, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.16, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 534 (_anapaest meter_), “Ag.” 799 (_anapaest meter_), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ναυτική, πεζή, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, 7.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναύφρακτος σ. [[ “IG” 12.296.30; ἔς τε τὴν σ. καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν Ἀθηναίων [prev. work] 108.40; τῆς σ. κάκιστος ἦν ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, a land force, as distinguished from seamen, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, host, company, band, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.50, “N.” 11.35; ἡ σ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ LXX.2Ch.33.3 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; αἱ σ. τῶν οὐρανῶν[[LXX.Neh.9.6 ] LXX]; = cohors ministrorum, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 54.7. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II sometimes ={στρατεία}, expedition, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77 (variant{-είην}), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 587 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 828, 1169, “Lys.” 592, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108, “IG” 22.351.31; ἐπὶ στρατιᾶς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 354, 557, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260b, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴτε.. ἐπὶ στρατιάν go.. on service, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1143; κατὰ στρατιήν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 14; πολιτικαὶ στρατιαί, ξενικαὶ σ., [prev. passage]; see at {στρατεία}. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]