στρατός

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Ancient Greek [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *stratos. Cognates include Latin strātus, Old Irish srath (grass, grassy place), and Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá-, bestrewn). Compare στορέννυμι (storennumi)

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

στρᾰτός (genitive στρατοῦ) m, second declension; (stratos)

  1. army, military force
    1. (in Homer) the soldiery, the people, exclusive of the chiefs; the common people
    2. any band or body of men, as of the Amphictyons

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References [edit]

  • στρατός in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940

Greek [edit]

Noun [edit]

στρατός (stratós) m,   plural στρατοί

  1. army (military force), military

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