ἀκρόπολις
akropolis
upper
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀκρόπολις, poet. ἀκρό-πτολις, εως, ἡ, A. upper or higher city; hence, citadel, castle, ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Od. 8.494 (in Il. only divisim, ἄκρη πόλις, v. ἄκρος I.1), cf. O. 7.49, Th. 240, 1.84, etc.; as seat of tyranny, 1.401,417. 2. esp. the Acropolis of Athens, IG 1.58, al., 1.76 (cf. 1.60, 8.51); which served as treasury, 2.13; hence ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει to be entered as a state-debtor, 58.19,48; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at Erythrae, IG 1.11. II. metaph., ἀ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ, of a person, 233; ἀ. Ἑλλάνων, of Corinth, 137; γῆν Δελφίδʼ . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν Or. 1094; stronghold, τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, R. 560b, PA 670a26, cf. Ti. 70a; , of seven, Theol. Ar.44.
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