στρατεία
strateia
expedition, campaign
Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
στρατεία, Ion. -ηΐη, ἡ, (στρατεύω) A. expedition, campaign, στρατηΐην ποιεῖσθαι ἐς . ., ἐπὶ . . , 1.71, 171, etc.; πολλὰς σ. ἐποιήσαντο 2.11; σ. ἐστράτευσʼ ὀλεθρίαν Supp. 116; σ. ἡμῖν εἰς Ποτείδαιαν ἐγένετο Smp. 219e, cf. IG 12(2).645.15 (Nesus), etc.; ἀπὸ στρατείας coming from war, after service done, Ag. 603, Eu. 631; κατὰ τὴν Σιτάλκου σ. about the time of his expedition, 2.101; εἰς δὲ σ. πάντας Ἀργείους ἄγων Supp. 229; ἐπὶ στρατείας εἶναι to be on foreign service, Smp. 220c (codd., στρατιᾶς Cobet, Burnet); so ἐν στρατείᾳ ὄντας Cyr. 5.2.19; ἐν τῇ σ. PEnteux. 48.3 (iii B.C.); παραγγέλλειν τινὶ σ. κατὰ γῆν HG 7.1.13; ἐκδήμους σ. οὐκ ἐξῇσαν 1.15; στρατείαν ξυνεξελθεῖν ib.3; σ. δʼ οὐ φέρει περιουσίαν 382, cf. OGI 5.44 (Scepsis, iv B.C.); τῆς σ. γιγνομένης ἐκ καταλόγου Ath. 26.1; freq. in pl., military service, warfare, R. 404a; πρὸς ταῖς αὑτοῦ σ. in addition to the campaigns which he is bound to serve, Lg. 878d; ἐν ταῖς σ. μισθοφορεῖν Ath. 27.2; ἀπὸ σ. ἱππικῶν IGRom. 3.58 (Bithynia); στρατείας στρατεύεσθαι IG 22.505.54; ἀφειμένος στρατείας, = Lat. exauctoratus, 2.274a. 2. σ. ἐν τοῖς ἐπωνύμοις levy of those liable to serve in the year of such and such archons, s.v., cf. Ath. 53.7. 3. σ. ἡ ἐν τοῖς μέρεσιν expedition for special service, to train the young soldiers next after serving as περίπολοι, 2.168, cf. s.v. τερθρεία. 4. military discipline, ἡ ἀκριβὴς σ. 78.36. 5. military appointment, ἐπώλησε στρατείας 72.12.—στρατιά is a constant v.l., and is sts. undoubtedly used= στρατεία (campaign), v. στρατιά II and cf. Sch. Th. 835 (= 369); but στρατεία= army, expeditionary force is very rare, IA 495 (restd. in Rh. 263 (lyr.)): in Inscrr. στρατεία never = army, but both -εία (IG 22.1132.14, SIG 398.2 (Cos, iii B.C.), al.) and -ιά (q.v.) = campaign.
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