ὑποστράτηγος

See also: υποστράτηγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formed by prefixation of ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under-”) +‎ στρᾰτηγός (stratēgós, “commander, general”). Note the change in accentuation from oxytone to proparoxytone.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pos.trá.tɛː.ɡos/ → /y.posˈtra.ti.ɣos/ → /i.posˈtra.ti.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pos.trá.tɛː.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.posˈtra.te̝.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈtra.ti.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.posˈtra.ti.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.posˈtra.ti.ɣos/

Noun

ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος • (hupostrátēgos) m (genitive ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγου); second declension

1. a subordinate commander, (anachronistically) a lieutenant general

   Synonym: ῠ̔ποστρᾰτηγέτης m (hupostratēgétēs)

   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.32, (equated with Latin lēgātus)
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 19.14
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 19.18
   • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Hannibalic War 10
   • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 59.21
2. a title of various officials
   1. at Tenos
      • 1st century B.C.E., Inscriptiones Graecae 12(5).883.9
   2. in Magnesia
      • Inscriptiones Graecae 9(2).1111.7
   3. in Egypt
      • 2nd century B.C.E., UPZ 124.33
      • 2nd century B.C.E., PTheb.Bank 8.9
      • 1st century B.C.E., BGU 1060.2
      • 1st century B.C.E., BGU 1778.6

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος; τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγος ho hupostrátēgos	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγω tṑ hupostratḗgō	οἱ ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγοι hoi hupostrátēgoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγου toû hupostratḗgou	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγοιν toîn hupostratḗgoin	τῶν ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγων tôn hupostratḗgōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγῳ tôi hupostratḗgōi	τοῖν ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγοιν toîn hupostratḗgoin	τοῖς ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγοις toîs hupostratḗgois
Accusative	τὸν ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγον tòn hupostrátēgon	τὼ ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγω tṑ hupostratḗgō	τοὺς ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγους toùs hupostratḗgous
Vocative	ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγε hupostrátēge	ῠ̔ποστρᾰτήγω hupostratḗgō	ῠ̔ποστρᾰ́τηγοι hupostrátēgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῠ̔ποστρᾰτηγέω (hupostratēgéō, verb)

Descendants

• → English: hypostrategos
• Greek: υποστράτηγος (ypostrátigos)
• → Latin: hypostratēgus

Further reading

• “ὑποστράτηγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑποστράτηγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers