Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀστρατεία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστρατεία

Sense

  1. exemption from service
  2. a shunning of service

Examples

  • δεύτερον δὲ μέροσ εἶναι τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν, οἳ πλεῖστοί τέ εἰσι καὶ ἐπιεικέστατοι ἀστρατείᾳ καὶ ἀδείᾳ τοῦ ἐργάζεσθαι, πόλει μὴ προσιόντεσ μηδ’ ἄλλῃ χρείᾳ μηδ’ ὀχλήσει κοινῇ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 80:1)

Synonyms

  1. exemption from service

  2. a shunning of service

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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