πόλις
πόλις, Ep. also πτόλις (found sts. in Trag. etc., v. πτόλις), ἡ: Ep. forms, acc. sg. πόληα Hes. Sc. 105, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.62 [Fr. 43.60 Pf.]; gen. πόλιος or πτόλιος, Il. 2.811, 4.514, al., πόληος 16.395, al. (also Thgn. 757), πόλεος Il. 21.567; dat. πόλει 5.686, al., πτόλεϊ 17.152, πόληϊ 3.50 (also Tyrt. 12.15): pl., nom. πόλιες Od. 15.412, πόληες Il. 4.45; gen. πολίων 1.125, al.; dat. πολίεσσι Od. 21.252; acc. πόλεις Il. 2.648, al., πόληας Od. 17.486, Call. Fr. 9.70 P. [Fr. 75.70 Pf.] (scanned ⏑⏑ ⏓ IG 1(2).826), πόλιας (disyll.) Od. 8.560, 574, (trisyll.) Il. 4.308 (s.v.l., πόλεας Aristarch.): Ion. forms, gen. πόλεως IG 12(8).356 ( Thasos), GDI 5653a13 ( Chios), etc., also Xenoph. 2.9, 22, v.l. in Thgn. 1043; written πόλειως GDI 5532.19 ( Zeleia); πόλεος ib. 5339.41 (Orop.), IG 12(7).103 ( Amorgos), Thgn. 776, etc., πόλιος Hdt. 1.26, al., Herod. 2.8, al., πόληος Thgn. (v. supr.), cj. in Hippon. 47, cf. An.Ox. 1.361; dat. mostly πόλει, but πόλῑ Hdt. 2.60, al., πόληϊ (or -ῃ) SIG 169.3 (lasos, iv B.C.): pl., usu. πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in Hdt. πόλιες 1.142, al., πολίων ib. 6, al., πόλισι ib. 151, al.; acc. πόλῑς 2.177, al., πόλιας 1.142, 2.102, al.: Dor. gen. sg. πόλιος SIG 615.3 ( Delph., ii B.C.); dat. sg. πόλι IG 4.839 ( Calaurea, iv B.C.); dat. pl. πολίεσι Pi. P. 7.8; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. ap. Th. 5.77 (v.l. πολίεσι), 79, IG 42(1).74.4 ( Epid., iii B.C.); Cret. πόλιθι GDI 5019.3: Aeol. gen. πόλιος IG 12(2).526a8 ( πόληος is an Epicism in Alc. Supp. 17.6); gen. pl. πολίων IG ΙΙ(4).1064b20; dat. pl. πολίεσσι ib. 12(2).1.6: Trag., gen. πόλεως disyll. (as also in Com., exc. Ar. Eq. 763), thrice πόλεος A. Ag. 1167 (lyr.), S. Ant. 162, E. Or. 897:— Att. Inscrr. earlier than 350 B.C. sts. have dat. sg. πόλῃ, IG 1(2).108.35, 2(2).17.10, 42.5, 53.7; Att. dual πόλη Isoc. 8.116, πόλη or πόλει Aeschin. Socr. 8 (where Choerob. cites both forms, in Theod. 1.314, 136 H.); gen. τοῖν πολέοιν Isoc. 4.73: Elean nom. sg. πόλερ Schwyzer 425.16; gen. πόλιορ ib. 20 (iii/ii B.C.):—
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"definition": "<i>city,</i> Hom. ll.cc., Hes. Sc. 270, etc.; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, = ἀκρόπολις, <i>the citadel,</i> Il. 6.88, 20.52; which at Athens also was in early times called simply π., while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, καλεῖται . . ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπʼ Ἀθηναίων π. Th. 2.15; ἐν πόλει in treaties, Id. 5.23, 47, cf. IG 1(2).372.1, Ar. Lys. 245, 758; ἐς πόλιν IG 1(2).91.4; πρὸς πόλιν Ar. Lys. 288 (lyr.); ἐκ πόλεως Id. Eq. 1093; but ἐν τῇ πόλει X. An. 7.1.27, dub. in Antipho 6.39; so Ἰνάχου π. <i>the citadel</i> of Argos, E. Fr. 228.6; of the Cadmea at Thebes, Plu. Pel. 18, cf. Str. 8.6.8; of Alexandria, Eust. 239.13; π. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, LXX Ne. 11.1: with the name of the city added in gen., Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π., <i>the city of . . ,</i> A. Ag. 29, Ar. Eq. 813; also in appos., ἡ Μένδη π. Th. 4.130; ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί X. An. 1.2.26.",
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"definition": "<i>oneʼs city</i> or <i>country,</i> πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες; Od. 1.170, etc., cf. πόλιν· τὴν χώραν, Hsch.",
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"definition": "ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως <i>city</i> governor, OGI 113.3,134.2, al.( Cyprus, ii B.C.), Plb. 5.39.3: without Art., ἐπὶ πόλιος IG 7.2809.2 ( Hyettus, iii B.C.), etc.; ἐπὶ πόλεως ib. 299.1 (Oropus. iii B.C.); στρατηγὸς πόλεως OGI 743 ( Ptol.); στρατηγὸς τῆς π. BGU 729.1 (ii A.D.); στρατηγὸς κατὰ πόλιν, = Lat. praetor urbanus, IG 14.951.2 ( Rome, i B.C.).",
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"definition": "<i>country,</i> as dependent on and called after its city, ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν Od. 6.177, cf. Hes. Sc. 380, S. OC 1533. etc.; esp. of <i>islands</i> peopled by men, Λῆμνον π. Θόαντος Il. 14.230; π. Αἴαντος, = Σαλαμίς, Pi. I. 5(4).48, etc.; περιρρύτας π. A. Eu. 77, cf. E. Ion 294, Ar. Pax 251 (v. Sch.); also διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ. Lys. 6.6, cf. Str. 8.3.31.",
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"quote": "περιρρύτας π.",
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"quote": "διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ.",
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"definition": "<i>community</i> or <i>body of citizens</i> (opp. ἄστυ, their dwellings, Il. 17.144, but in δῆμός τε π. τε Od. 11.14, π. denotes the <i>town</i>), ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται S. OT 179 (lyr.): hence,",
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"definition": "<i>state</i> or <i>community,</i> ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα Hes. Op. 240, cf. Pi. P. 2.88, S. OT 22, E. Ph. 947, etc.; π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει Simon. 67; esp. <i>free state, republic,</i> S. Ant. 738 (cf. 734), X. Cyr. 8.2.28, Arist. Pol. 1276a23; τὰ τῆς π. <i>state affairs, government,</i> Pl. Prt. 319a; π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους Arist. Pol. 1280b40; τὴν π. φεύγειν shun oneʼs <i>public duties,</i> D. 45.66; <i>assembly of citizens,</i> Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B. C.).",
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"quote": "π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους",
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}
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"label": "3",
"definition": "<i>rights of citizenship,</i> Ar. Ra. 718, D. 21.106.",
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"citations": [],
"children": []
}
]
},
{
"label": "IV",
"definition": "πόλιν παίζειν, a game resembling backgammon, Cratin. 56, perh. alluded to in Pl. R. 422e. (Cf. Skt. pūr, Lith. pilìs ‘fortress’.)",
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"citations": [],
"children": []
}
]
}
]
}
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