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

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

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