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 ).

2). generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν ς. Id. Ant. 8 , cf. Arist. Mu. 398a29 .

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. IG 12.302.46 , al.; ς. εἵλοντο δέκα X. HG 1.5.16 , cf. Eup. 117.4 , pl.Com. 185 , etc.; τῷ ς. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ IG 22.1629.209 ; 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, IG 22.682.5 , 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, IG 5(2) l.c. (Tegea, iv B.C.), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, iv B.C.), OGI 329.42 (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.), BGU 1730.11 (i B.C.), OGI 184.3 (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, OGI 84 (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, BGU 729.1 (ii A.D.); at Ptolemais, OGI 743 = Raccolta Lumbroso 299 (i B.C.), Sammelb. 7027 (ii A.D.).

4). ς. ὕπατος consul, IG 5(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., SIG 685.20 (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 IG 14.951 (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. BJ 6.5.3 .

6). νυκτερινὸς ς. superintendent of police at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.12 .

7). = φαλαγγάρχης (q.v.), Arr. Tact. 10.7 , Ael. Tact. 9.8 .