ἐκστρατεία

See also: εκστρατεία and ἐκστρατείᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Equivalent to ἐκ- (ek-, “out of, from”) +‎ στρᾰτείᾱ (strateíā, “campaign, expedition”), from ἐκστρατεύω (ekstrateúō, “to march out; to take the field; wage a campaign”) from ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ στρᾰτεύω (strateúō, “advance with an army, wage war”), from στρᾰτός (stratós, “army, band of men”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eks.tra.těː.aː/ → /eks.traˈti.a/ → /eks.traˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eks.tra.těː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eks.traˈti.a/

Noun

ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ • (ekstrateíā) f (genitive ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς); first declension

1. a band of men going out on service; the departure of an army to take the field; recruitment of soldiers to wage a campaign; men marching off on a military expedition

   Synonym: ἐκστράτευσις (ekstráteusis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ; τῆς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ hē ekstrateíā	τὼ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ekstrateíā	αἱ ἐκστρᾰτεῖαι hai ekstrateîai
Genitive	τῆς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς tês ekstrateíās	τοῖν ἐκστρᾰτείαιν toîn ekstrateíain	τῶν ἐκστρᾰτειῶν tôn ekstrateiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐκστρᾰτείᾳ têi ekstrateíāi	τοῖν ἐκστρᾰτείαιν toîn ekstrateíain	ταῖς ἐκστρᾰτείαις taîs ekstrateíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐκστρᾰτείᾱν tḕn ekstrateíān	τὼ ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ekstrateíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐκστρᾰτείᾱς tā̀s ekstrateíās
Vocative	ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ ekstrateíā	ἐκστρᾰτείᾱ ekstrateíā	ἐκστρᾰτεῖαι ekstrateîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἐκστρατεύω (ekstrateúō)

Descendants

• Greek: εκστρατεία (ekstrateía)

Further reading

• “ἐκστρατεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐκστρατεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐκστρατεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette