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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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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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city, Hom. ll.cc., Hes. Sc. 270, etc.; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, = ἀκρόπολις, the citadel, 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. the citadel 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., the city of . . , 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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Th. 2.15
ἄστυ, καλεῖται . . ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπʼ Ἀθηναίων π.
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ἐς πόλιν
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Ar. Lys. 288
πρὸς πόλιν
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Id. Eq. 1093
ἐκ πόλεως
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X. An. 7.1.27
ἐν τῇ πόλει
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Th. 4.130
ἡ Μένδη π.
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X. An. 1.2.26
ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί
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oneʼs city or country, πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες; Od. 1.170, etc., cf. πόλιν· τὴν χώραν, Hsch.
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Od. 1.170
πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες;
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ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως city 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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ἐπὶ πόλιος
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στρατηγὸς πόλεως
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BGU 729.1
στρατηγὸς τῆς π.
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II
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country, 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 islands 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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Od. 6.177
ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν
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Il. 14.230
Λῆμνον π. Θόαντος
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A. Eu. 77
περιρρύτας π.
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Lys. 6.6
διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ.
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III
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community or body of citizens (opp. ἄστυ, their dwellings, Il. 17.144, but in δῆμός τε π. τε Od. 11.14, π. denotes the town), ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται S. OT 179 (lyr.): hence,
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Od. 11.14
δῆμός τε π. τε
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S. OT 179
ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται
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state or community, 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. free state, republic, S. Ant. 738 (cf. 734), X. Cyr. 8.2.28, Arist. Pol. 1276a23; τὰ τῆς π. state affairs, government, Pl. Prt. 319a; π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους Arist. Pol. 1280b40; τὴν π. φεύγειν shun oneʼs public duties, D. 45.66; assembly of citizens, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B. C.).
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Hes. Op. 240
ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα
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Simon. 67
π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει
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Pl. Prt. 319a
τὰ τῆς π.
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Arist. Pol. 1280b40
π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους
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rights of citizenship, Ar. Ra. 718, D. 21.106.
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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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{'quote': 'πόλεος', 'ref': 'Il. 21.567', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.567'}
{'quote': 'πόλει', 'ref': '5.686', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.686'}
{'quote': 'πτόλεϊ', 'ref': '17.152', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.152'}
{'quote': 'πόληϊ', 'ref': '3.50', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.50'}
{'quote': 'πόλιες', 'ref': 'Od. 15.412', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.412'}
{'quote': 'πόληες', 'ref': 'Il. 4.45', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.45'}
{'quote': 'πολίων', 'ref': '1.125', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.125'}
{'quote': 'πολίεσσι', 'ref': 'Od. 21.252', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.252'}
{'quote': 'πόλεις', 'ref': 'Il. 2.648', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.648'}
{'quote': 'πόληας', 'ref': 'Od. 17.486', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.486'}
{'quote': 'πόλεας', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλεως', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλειως', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλιος', 'ref': 'Hdt. 1.26', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.26'}
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{'quote': 'πόλῑ', 'ref': 'Hdt. 2.60', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.60'}
{'quote': 'πόλιες', 'ref': '1.142', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.142'}
{'quote': 'πόλῑς', 'ref': '2.177', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.177'}
{'quote': 'πόλιας', 'ref': '1.142', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.142'}
{'quote': 'πόλιος', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλι', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πολίεσι', 'ref': 'Pi. P. 7.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.8'}
{'quote': 'πόλιθι', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλιος', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πολίων', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πόλεος', 'ref': 'A. Ag. 1167', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1167'}
{'quote': 'πόλη', 'ref': 'Isoc. 8.116', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc2:116'}
{'quote': 'πόλει', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'τοῖν πολέοιν', 'ref': 'Isoc. 4.73', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc2:73'}
{'quote': 'πόλερ', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'ἄστυ, καλεῖται . . ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπʼ Ἀθηναίων π.', 'ref': 'Th. 2.15', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.15'}
{'quote': 'ἐς πόλιν', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πρὸς πόλιν', 'ref': 'Ar. Lys. 288', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc2:288'}
{'quote': 'ἐκ πόλεως', 'ref': 'Id. Eq. 1093', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1093'}
{'quote': 'ἐν τῇ πόλει', 'ref': 'X. An. 7.1.27', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:7.1.perseus-grc2.27'}
{'quote': 'ἡ Μένδη π.', 'ref': 'Th. 4.130', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.130'}
{'quote': 'ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί', 'ref': 'X. An. 1.2.26', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:1.2.perseus-grc2.26'}
{'quote': 'πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες;', 'ref': 'Od. 1.170', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.170'}
{'quote': 'ἐπὶ πόλιος', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'στρατηγὸς πόλεως', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'στρατηγὸς τῆς π.', 'ref': 'BGU 729.1', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:729.1'}
{'quote': 'ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν', 'ref': 'Od. 6.177', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.177'}
{'quote': 'Λῆμνον π. Θόαντος', 'ref': 'Il. 14.230', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.230'}
{'quote': 'περιρρύτας π.', 'ref': 'A. Eu. 77', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc2:77'}
{'quote': 'διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ.', 'ref': 'Lys. 6.6', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc2:6'}
{'quote': 'δῆμός τε π. τε', 'ref': 'Od. 11.14', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.14'}
{'quote': 'ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται', 'ref': 'S. OT 179', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:179'}
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        "quote": "πόληος",
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        "quote": "πόλεος",
        "ref": "Il. 21.567",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλει",
        "ref": "5.686",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πτόλεϊ",
        "ref": "17.152",
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        "quote": "πόληϊ",
        "ref": "3.50",
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        "quote": "πόλιες",
        "ref": "Od. 15.412",
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        "quote": "πόληες",
        "ref": "Il. 4.45",
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        "quote": "πολίων",
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        "quote": "πόληας",
        "ref": "Od. 17.486",
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113431",
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        "urn": ""
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113432",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλεως",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλειως",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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        "quote": "πόλιος",
        "ref": "Hdt. 1.26",
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113435",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόληος",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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        "quote": "πόλῑ",
        "ref": "Hdt. 2.60",
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113437",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλιες",
        "ref": "1.142",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.142"
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλῑς",
        "ref": "2.177",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλιας",
        "ref": "1.142",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.142"
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλιος",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλι",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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        "quote": "πολίεσι",
        "ref": "Pi. P. 7.8",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλιθι",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113444",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλιος",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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      "data": {
        "quote": "πολίων",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113446",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλεος",
        "ref": "A. Ag. 1167",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1167"
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113447",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλη",
        "ref": "Isoc. 8.116",
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113448",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλει",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
      }
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113449",
      "data": {
        "quote": "τοῖν πολέοιν",
        "ref": "Isoc. 4.73",
        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc2:73"
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    },
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      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113450",
      "data": {
        "quote": "πόλερ",
        "ref": "",
        "urn": ""
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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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                "quote": "ἐς πόλιν",
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                "quote": "πρὸς πόλιν",
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                "quote": "ἐκ πόλεως",
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                "quote": "ἐν τῇ πόλει",
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                "quote": "ἡ Μένδη π.",
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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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                        "quote": "πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες;",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "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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                        "quote": "ἐπὶ πόλιος",
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                        "urn": ""
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                        "quote": "στρατηγὸς πόλεως",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "στρατηγὸς τῆς π.",
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              "label": "II",
              "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": "ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Λῆμνον π. Θόαντος",
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                    "quote": "περιρρύτας π.",
                    "ref": "A. Eu. 77",
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                    "quote": "διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ.",
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              "label": "III",
              "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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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-113466",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δῆμός τε π. τε",
                    "ref": "Od. 11.14",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.14"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "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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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει",
                        "ref": "Simon. 67",
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                        "quote": "τὰ τῆς π.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους",
                        "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1280b40",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>rights of citizenship,</i> Ar. Ra. 718, D. 21.106.",
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              "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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