A.leader or commander of an army, general, Archil.58.1, A.Th.816, Arist.Ath.22.3, etc.; ἀνὴρ ς. A.Ag.1627, Pl.Ion 540d; opp. ναύαρχος (admiral), S.Aj.1232 (v. infr. 11.1).
3. c. gen., “στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ” Hdt.7.83; “τῶν παραθαλασσίων” Id.5.25, etc.; “Ἀχαιῶν” S.Aj. l.c.; “στρατεύματος” X.An.1.7.12.
4. metaph., παραλαβὼν . . οἶνον ς. Antiph.18; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, Arist.Mu. 398a24; so strategum te facio huic convivio, Plaut.Stich.702.
II. at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, Hdt.6.109, Th.1.61, 4.2, Arist.Ath.26.1, 44.4, 61.1, D.4.25; “οἱ ς. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν” And.1.11, cf. IG12.302.46, al.; “ς. εἵλοντο δέκα” X.HG1.5.16, cf. Eup. 117.4, pl.Com. 185, etc.; “τῷ ς. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ” IG22.1629.209; when distd. from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decr. ap. D.18.184, Arist.Ath.4.2; χειροτονηθεὶς ς. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, IG22.682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν ib.22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν ib.24.
2. also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, Hdt.5.38; of many other Greek states, IG5(2) l.c. (Tegea, iv B.C.), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, iv B.C.), OGI329.42 (Aegina, ii B.C.), Timae.114, Plb.2.43.1, etc.
3. in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, PEnteux. 1.12, al. (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.351.4 (iii B.C.), BGU1730.11 (i B.C.), OGI184.3 (Philae, i B.C.), Wilcken Chr.41 ii 6 (iii A.D.), 43.1 (iv A.D.); also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, PCair.Zen.341(a).20 (iii B.C.); in Cyprus, OGI84 (iii B.C.); ὁ ς. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης ib. 186 (Philae, i B.C.); in the Attalid empire, ib.267.13 (Pergam., iii B.C.), al.; ς. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, BGU729.1 (ii A.D.); at Ptolemais, OGI743 = Raccolta Lumbroso 299 (i B.C.), Sammelb.7027 (ii A.D.).
4. “ς. ὕπατος” consul, IG5(1).1165 (Gythium, ii B.C.), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, ii B.C.), 42(1).306 D (Epid., ii B.C.), Plb.1.52.5; also ς. alone, Id.1.7.12, al., SIG685.20 (Crete, ii B.C.), and ὕπατος alone, v. ὕπατος; ς. ἀνθύπατος proconsul, ib.826 I 1 (Delph., ii B.C.), 745.2 (Rhodes, i B.C.); ἑξαπέλεκυς ς. praetor, Plb.3.106.6; used of the praetor urbanus, Id.33.1.5; called “ς. κατὰ πόλιν” IG14.951 (i B.C.), etc.; ς. alone, = praetor, D.H.2.6, Arr.Epict.2.1.26: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, Act.Ap.16.20: later of the Comes Orientis, Lib.Or.56.21.
5. an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, “ὁ ς. τοῦ ἱεροῦ” Ev.Luc. 22.52, Act.Ap.4.1, J.BJ6.5.3.
6. νυκτερινὸς ς. superintendent of police at Alexandria, Str.17.1.12.