strategema
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /stra.teːˈɡeː.ma/
Noun
stratēgēma n (genitive stratēgēmatis); third declension
- (military) a stratagem
- (by extension) any artifice, trickery
Declension
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 |
Related terms
- stratēgēmaticus
- stratēgēum
- stratēgica
- stratēgus
Descendants
- Catalan: estratagema
- English: stratagem
- French: stratagème
- Italian: stratagemma
- Portuguese: estratagema
- 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