A.of or for a general, “πρᾶξις” Pl.Plt.304e; [ἐπιστήμη] Arist.EN1096a32; [τέχνη] ib. 1094a9; “ἔργα” X.Oec.20.6; “οἴκησις” PPetr.3p.343 (iii B.C.); “κατάλυσις” BGU1767.6 (i B.C.); “σκηνή” Plu. Luc.16; “μαχαιροφόρος” PGen.31.14 (ii A.D.): ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη),= “στρατηγία” 11, Pl.Euthd.290d, etc.: so τὰ ς. X.Cyr.1.6.12; also a treatise on strategy, D.L.5.80; “ς. βιβλία” Ael.Tact.1.2.
II. of persons, suited or fitted for command, general-like, versed in generalship, Pl.Grg.455c, X.Mem.1.1.8, etc.: Sup., Id.Cyr.8.4.7, Phld.Mus. p.76 K. Adv. -κῶς, εὖ καὶ ς. Ar.Av.362: Comp. “-ώτερον” Plb. 10.32.7.
2. at Rome, praetorian, “ἐπαρχία” Str.14.6.6; οἱ ς., = milites praetoriani, Plu.Oth.9; ς. βῆμα tribunal praetorium, D.H.5.28.
b. = praetorius, ex-praetor, SIG840 (Olympia, ii A.D.).