strategema

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension

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

Declension[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  • 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.