The Homer Reader The Iliad & Odyssey · Greek and English

πολεμίζω

polemizo

wage war, fight

Appears 59 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πολεμίζω, Il. 1.168,al.; Ep. inf. πολεμιζέμεναι 9.337:—also πτολεμίζω (metri gr.), 8.428, al.: fut. πολεμίξω or πτολεμίξω, 24.667, 2.328:—A. poet. form of πολεμέω, wage war, fight, τινι with one, Il. 9.337, al.; π. Διὸς ἄντα, Ἀχιλῆος ἐναντίβιον, 8.428, 20.85; μετʼ Ἀχαιοῖσιν jointly with . . , 9.352; ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον π. 2.121; τόζῳ π. Pi. O. 9.32 (nisi leg. πελεμ-) ; τῇ γλώττῃ Ar. Nu. 419:—Med., Pi. N. 8.29 (nisi leg. πελεμ-). II. trans., war or fight with, ῥηΐτεροι πολεμίζειν Il. 18.258:—Pass., Opp. C. 3.209.
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