πόλις
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a city
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πόλις
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33208
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-33209
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{ "headword": "πόλις", "data": { "headword_display": "<b>πόλις</b>", "content": "<NE><HG><HL>πόλις</HL><DL><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><FmHL>πτόλις</FmHL></DL><Infl>εως<VInfl><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><FmInfl>ιος</FmInfl><Lbl>also</Lbl><FmInfl>εος</FmInfl><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><FmInfl>ηος</FmInfl><Lbl>Ion.</Lbl><FmInfl>ευς</FmInfl></VInfl></Infl><PS>f</PS></HG><FG><Case><Lbl>voc.</Lbl><Form>πόλι</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>acc.</Lbl><Form>π(τ)όλιν</Form><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>πόληα</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>dat.</Lbl><Form>πόλει</Form><Lbl>Att.</Lbl><Form>πόλῃ</Form><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>πόληι</Form><Form>πτόλεϊ</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>πόλῑ</Form></Case><Num><Case><LBL>pl.</LBL><Lbl>nom.</Lbl><Form>πόλεις</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>πόλιες</Form><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>πόληες</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>acc.</Lbl><Form>πόλεις</Form><Lbl>Ion.</Lbl><Form>πόλῑς</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>πόλιας</Form><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>πόληας</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>gen.</Lbl><Form>πόλεων</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>πολίων</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>dat.</Lbl><Form>πόλεσι</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>πόλισι</Form><Lbl>also</Lbl><Form>πολίεσι</Form><Au>Pi.</Au><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>πολίεσσι</Form></Case></Num><Num><Case><LBL>att.du.</LBL><Lbl>nom.acc.</Lbl><Form>πόλη</Form><Lbl>gen.</Lbl><Form>πολέοιν</Form></Case></Num></FG> <nS1><Def>city, settlement or fort<Expl>built on high ground</Expl></Def><nS2><Indic>at Troy</Indic><Tr>citadel, acropolis<Expl>ref. to Pergamos; oft. specified as <Gr>πόλις ἄκρη</Gr> or <Ref>ἀκροτάτη</Ref> <ital>topmost part of the city</ital></Expl></Tr><Au>Il.</Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>at Athens</Indic><Tr>Acropolis<Expl>usu. in prep.phrs. <Gr>εἰς (τὴν) πόλιν<rom>,</rom> ἐν (τῇ) πόλει</Gr>, or sim.</Expl></Tr><Au>Th. Ar. Att.orats. X. Arist. Plu.</Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>at Thebes, ref. to the Kadmeia</Indic><Au>Plu.</Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Tr>city<or/>town</Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><nS2><Indic>w. name in appos. or <GLbl>gen.</GLbl></Indic><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Def>city as a political entity<Expl>characterised in the classical period by political and legal autonomy, oft. w. some degree of citizen participation in government</Expl></Def><Tr>city-state, state<Expl>usu. also including the surrounding country</Expl></Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></nS1><nS1><Indic>ref. to a person's origins or domicile</Indic><Tr>native city<or/>home city</Tr><Au>Od.<NBPlus/></Au></nS1> <nS1><Indic>gener.</Indic><Def>inhabited region</Def><Tr>territory, land<Expl>ref. to an island</Expl></Tr><Au>Il. A. Pi. E. Lys. Ar.</Au><nS2><Indic>ref. to a country</Indic><Au>E. Lys.</Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Indic>collectv., ref. to the occupants of a city</Indic><Tr>community, citizen body</Tr><Au>Il.<NBPlus/></Au></nS1> <Adv><vHG><HL>πόλινδε</HL><PS>adv</PS></vHG><advS1><Tr>to<or/>towards a city</Tr><Au>Hom. AR.</Au></advS1> </Adv></NE>", "key": "πόλις" }, "senses": [], "citations": [], "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-33209" }