πολεμέω
polemeo
to be at war
Appears 46 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πολεμέω, Ion. Iterat. πολεμέεσκε 22J.: fut. -ήσω An. 2.6.5: pf. πεπολέμηκα Rh. 1396a11, 9:—Med., aor. ἐπολεμησάμην (κατ-) 11.31.6:—Pass., πολεμηθήσομαι 2.41.14, etc.; πολεμήσομαι in pass. sense, 1.68,8.43, 23.110: aor. ἐπολεμήθην 5.26: pf. πεπολέμημαι (κατα-) 6.16: (πόλεμος):— A. to be at war or make war, 1.140, etc.; ἀφʼ ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι ib. 124; opp. εἰρήνην ἄγειν, 5.76; τινι with one, 6.37, IG 22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις Vect. 5.8, cf. Lg. 686b, SIG 182.12 (Argos, iv B.C.), etc.; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with . . , HG 7.1.27, An. 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. 6.98. 2. fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Prt. 350a; ἀπὸ [καμήλων] Cyr. 7.1.49; but ἀφʼ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, 3.16. 3. generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, Cyr. 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ OC 191 (anap.), cf. Ion 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος 18.31: metaph. of disease, 1.103. II. later c. acc., make war upon, τὴν πόλιν 1.36 codd.; τὰς Ἀθήνας 4.61, cf. 13.84, 14.37, 1 Ma. 5.30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας 1.15.10, etc.: metaph., τὰς σταφυλάς 3.22:—Pass., also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, 1.37, HG 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ . . ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφʼ ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας OGI 748.8 (Cyzicus, iii B.C.). 2. c. acc. cogn., πόλεμον π. R. 551d, Arist.l.c., etc.:—Pass., [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας Mem. 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο HG 5.1.1, cf. R. 600a; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, An. 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο 4.23, cf. 3.6.—The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.
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