strategema

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /stra.teːˈɡeː.ma/, [s̠t̪rät̪eːˈɡeːmä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stra.teˈd͡ʒe.ma/, [st̪rät̪eˈd͡ʒɛːmä]

Noun

stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension

(military) a stratagem
(by extension) any artifice, trickery
Synonyms: dēceptiō, fraus, maleficium, perfidia, dolus, ars

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata
Genitive	stratēgēmatis	stratēgēmatum
Dative	stratēgēmatī	stratēgēmatibus
Accusative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata
Ablative	stratēgēmate	stratēgēmatibus
Vocative	stratēgēma	stratēgēmata

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: estratagema
Old French: stratageme
- → Middle English: *stratageme
  - English: stratagem
- French: stratagème
Italian: stratagemma
Portuguese: estratagema
Sicilian: strataggema
Spanish: estratagema

References

“strategema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“strategema”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
strategema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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