strategema

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).

Pronunciation

Noun

stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension

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

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative stratēgēma stratēgēmata
genitive stratēgēmatis stratēgēmatum
dative stratēgēmatī stratēgēmatibus
accusative stratēgēma stratēgēmata
ablative stratēgēmate stratēgēmatibus
vocative stratēgēma stratēgēmata

Descendants

  • Catalan: estratagema
  • Old French: stratageme
  • 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.