προπολεμέω
προπολεμ-έω,
A). make war for or in defence of, τῆς χώρας ; 14.33 τῶν ἄλλων , etc.; 2.48.1 τισὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς with .. for .. , ; 6.49 ὑπὲρ [τῆς πόλεως] R. 429b , cf. OGI 56.12 (Canopus, iii B.C.): abs., οἱ προπολεμοῦντες the guards or defenders of a country, R. 423a ; τὸ προπολεμοῦν ib. 442b , 547d , Pol. 1279b3 ; τὸ προπολεμῆσον the body intended to act as guards, ib. 1291a7 .