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πόλεμος

polemos

war

Appears 238 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πόλεμος, and Ep. πτόλεμος, ὁ, A. war, Il. 1.61, etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek); also, battle, fight, ib.226, etc.; even of single combat, 7.174; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε 1.177, 5.891; φυλόπιδος . . καὶ πολέμοιο 18.242; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε 1.492, cf. 14.37,96; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος 5.348, etc.: periphr., νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο, 13.271, 635, 17.253; π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ, ib.737, 19.313, Od. 24.531, Il. 2.797, 5.737, 7.119, 20.154, 2.686, 1.284, 13.97, 3.112, 9.64 (leg. κρυόεντος), 3.133, 9.440, 10.8, 1.165, 3.165, 4.240, 9.604; π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν, i.e. brought by them, 3.165, 24.8 (pl.), etc.; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π. Th. 1.24; Ἑλλήνων π. X. HG 3.2.22; ὁ παρὼν π. Κορινθίων Th. 1.32; ὁ μέλλων καὶ ὅσον οὐ παρὼν π. ib.36; ὁ πρὸς Δαρεῖον π. Hdt. 6.2; ἀσχημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ π. Pl. Smp. 196a; Δωριακὸς π. Orac. ap. Th. 2.54; ὁ Ἰωνικὸς π. Id. 8.11; ὁ Φωκικὸς π. Aeschin. 3.148; π. Δεκελεικός Isoc. 8.37, 14.31; π. ξενικός Arist. Pol. 1272b20; δουλικοὶ π. Ath. 6.272f; ἱερὸς π. Ar. Av. 556, etc.; πόλεμον ἄρασθαι levy war, A. Supp. 342, cf. Ar. Ach. 913, etc.: c. dat., ἢ τοῖσιν ἢ τοῖς π. αἴρεσθαι μέγαν A. Supp. 439; π. ἄρασθαι πρός τινας X. Cyr. 1.6.45; π. θέσθαι τινί E. Or. 13; π. ἀναιρέεσθαι Hdt. 5.36, cf. D. 1.7, etc.; π. κινεῖν, ἐγεῖραι, Th. 6.34, Hdn. 3.5.3; π. τοῖς ἔργοις ἐξενήνοχε D. 11.20, cf. Plu. 2.829e; ἐς π. καθίστασθαί τισι E. HF 1168; π. ἐπαγαγεῖν Aeschin. 3.140; ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινας D. 5.19; π. ποιεῖν make war, Id. 8.7; π. ποιεῖσθαι carry it on, X. An. 5.5.24; π. καταλύεσθαι put an end to it, And. 3.17, Th. 6.36; ὁ π. ἀναπέπαυται X. Cyr. 7.5.47: prov., οὐ πόλεμον ἐπαγγέλλεις, i.e. that is good news, Pl. Lg. 702d, Phdr. 242b: in pl., Democr. 250, etc.; διὰ τὴν τῶν χρημάτων κτῆσιν πάντες οἱ π. ἡμῖν γίγνονται Pl. Phd. 66c, cf. R. 460a, al. II. personified, War, Battle, Ἀλαλὰ Πολέμου θύγατερ Pi. Fr. 78, cf. Ar. Pax 205; Π. πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς Heraclit. 53; ὁ π. τῆς γενέσεως Dam. Pr. 423. 2. metaph. of womankind, πολυτελὴς π. Secund. Sent. 8.
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