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occasion of laughter, food for laughter, γ. γίγνομαί τινι S. OC 902; ταῦτʼ οὐ γ. κλύειν ἐμοῦ; E. Ion 528; γέλωτά τινα τίθεσθαι Hdt. 3.29, 7.209; ἀποδεῖξαι Pl. Tht. 166a; εἰς γ. τρέπειν, ἐμβάλλειν, Th. 6.35, D. 10.75; ἐν γέλωτι ποιεῖσθαί τι Luc. Hist.Conscr. 32, etc.; γ. ἔσθʼ ὡς χρώμεθα τοῖς πράγμασι D. 4.25; ὅσα γὰρ . . , πλείων ἐστὶ γ. τοῦ μηδενός Id. 14.26.
overseer, watcher, esp. of a god, Πυθῶνος Pi. N. 9.5, cf. Epich. 266 ; ὁ πάντων ἐ. θεός LXX Es. 5.1 ; title of Poseidon, Paus. 8.30.1 ; of the Sun, OGI 666.25 ( Egypt, i A. D.); δαίμονες ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων Ti.Locr. 105a ; ὥσπερ ἐπόπτας τῶν στρατηγουμένων D. 4.25 ; ἐ. γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης, of Pompey, JHS 27.64 ( Cyzicus); of Augustus, IGRom. 4.309 (Pergam.); ἐ. εἰρήνης, of a police magistrate, POxy. 991 (iv A.D.).
set down beside, station or establish beside, στρατιώτας ὥσπερ ἐπόπτας π. D. 4.25; πολιτείας ἐναντίας π. Isoc. 4.104, cf. IG 1(2).46.9; π. ἐπίτροπόν τινι D.S. 16.38, cf. PCair.Zen. 199.7 (iii B. C.), PRev.Laws 54.15 (iii B. C.):— Pass., παρακαθεσταμένος τινί being made his colleague, D.S. 16.47.
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σ. στρατηγίας And. 1.147, Dinsmoor Archons of Athens 7; ναυμαχίαν, πόλεμον, D. 13.21, 49.25: with neut. Adj., do a thing as general, τοῦτο X. An. 7.6.40; πάντα ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου carry on the whole war in Philipʼs favour, D. 3.6; τοιαῦτα σ. manage matters so in his command, Hdt. 9.107; εἰ μὲν ἄλλο τι καλῶς ἐστρ. X. HG 6.5.51 — Pass., τὰ στρατηγούμενα D. 4.25,47.
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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 1(2).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 2(2).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 2(2).682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν ib. 22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν ib. 24.