strategema
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [stra.teːˈɡeː.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪ra.t̪eˈd͡ʒɛː.ma]
Noun
stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension
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 |
Related terms
- stratēgēmaticus
- stratēgēum
- stratēgica
- stratēgus
Descendants
- Catalan: estratagema
- Old French: stratageme
- → Middle English: *stratageme
- English: stratagem
- French: stratagème
- → Middle English: *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.