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πολέμιος

πολέμιος, πολέμιος, πολεμίᾱ, πολέμιον, hostile (+ dat)

πολέμ-ιος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Supp. 1192, Ar. Av. 344 (lyr.):—
  • of or belonging to war, κάματοι Pi. P. 2.19; ὅπλα Expl.Arch. de Délos 11.140; τὰ π. war and its business, Hdt. 5.78, Th. 4.80 (s.v.l.), etc.; παρασκευάζεσθαι τὰ π. Id. 1.18.
    • II more freq. of or like an enemy, hostile, ἄνδρες Pi. P. 1.80; χείρ Id. N. 4.55; χθών A. Th. 588; δόρυ ib. 216, etc.; ἄνδρα π. ἐχθρόν τε S. Ph. 1302; π. δυσμενῆ τε ib. 1323; π. τινί hostile to one, Hdt. 1.4, E. Hec. 1138; π. πῦρ νεύροις Hp. Art. 11.
        • b freq. as Subst., enemy, Hdt. 1.87, Pi. P. 1.15, etc.; οἱ π. the enemy, Th. 1.84, 2.43, etc.
        • c τὸ φύσει π. natural hostility, Id. 4.60; τὸ π. τῶν Ἀθηναίων towards them, Id. 5.11.
      • 2 generally, opposed, adverse, δύο . . ἐόντα -ώτατα Hdt. 7.47; δύο . . ἔτι πολεμιώτερα (sc. γῆ καὶ θάλασσα) ib. 49; τὸ ἔλαιον ταῖς θριξὶ -ώτατον ταῖς τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων most hurtful, Pl. Prt. 334b; πολεμία ἡ ὀσμὴ τοῖς ὄφεσιν Arist. HA 612a29.
    • III of or from the enemy, φόβος A. Th. 270; φρυκτοί Th. 2.94; φίλια καὶ π. ναυάγια Lys. 2.38; τριήρεις IG 2(2).29.15; πολέμια, τά, enemyʼs wares, contraband, Ar. Ach. 912; ἡ π. (sc. γῆ, χώρα) the enemyʼs country, X. Cyr. 3.3.16, etc., cf. S. Aj. 819.
    • IV Adv. -ίως in hostile manner, φιλίως, οὐ π. Th. 3.65, cf. 66, etc.; π. ἔχειν τινί X. Cyn. 7.11: Sup. -ιώτατα, διακείμενος SIG 741.19 (Epist. Mithrid., i B.C.).—πολέμιος is older than πολεμικός, being always used by Pi. and Trag., and mostly by Hdt. and Th.; in X. and later writers, πολέμιος is mostly used in the sense of hostile, πολεμικός in that of warlike, skilled in war.

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