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πολεμέω

πολεμέω, πολεμέω, make war, make war against (+ dat.)

πολεμέω, Ion. Iterat. πολεμέεσκε Acus. 22J.: fut. -ήσω X. An. 2.6.5: pf. πεπολέμηκα Arist. Rh. 1396a11, Ephipp. 9:—Med., aor. ἐπολεμησάμην (κατ-) Plb. 11.31.6:—Pass., πολεμηθήσομαι Id. 2.41.14, etc.; πολεμήσομαι in pass. sense, Th. 1.68, 8.43, D. 23.110: aor. ἐπολεμήθην Th. 5.26: pf. πεπολέμημαι (κατα-) Id. 6.16: (πόλεμος):—
  • to be at war or make war, Id. 1.140, etc.; ἀφʼ ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι ib. 124; opp. εἰρήνην ἄγειν, Id. 5.76; τινι with one, Hdt. 6.37, IG 2(2).236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις X. Vect. 5.8, cf. Pl. Lg. 686b, SIG 182.12 (Argos, iv B.C.), etc.; μετά τινος or σύν τινι in conjunction with . ., X. HG 7.1.27, An. 2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. Hdt. 6.98.
      • 2 fight, do battle, ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων Pl. Prt. 350a; ἀπὸ [καμήλων] X. Cyr. 7.1.49; but ἀφʼ ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν what our means of war are, And. 3.16.
      • 3 generally, quarrel, wrangle with one, X. Cyr. 1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ S. OC 191 (anap.), cf. E. Ion 1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος D. 18.31: metaph. of disease, Gal. 1.103.
    • II later c. acc., make war upon, τὴν πόλιν Din. 1.36 codd.; τὰς Ἀθήνας D.S. 4.61, cf. 13.84, 14.37, LXX 1 Ma. 5.30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας Plb. 1.15.10, etc.: metaph., τὰς σταφυλάς Alciphr. 3.22:—Pass., also in early writers, have war made upon one, to be treated as enemies, Th. 1.37, X. HG 7.4.20; ὑπό τινων Isoc. 5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ . . ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι D. 18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφʼ ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖσθαι Id. 9.9; -ηθείσης τῆς χώρας OGI 748.8 (Cyzicus, iii B.C.).
      • 2 c. acc. cogn., πόλεμον π. Pl. R. 551d, Arist. l.c., etc.:—Pass., [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας X. Mem. 3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο Id. HG 5.1.1, cf. Pl. R. 600a; ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη whatever hostilities took place, X. An. 4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον κατὰ κράτος ἐπολεμεῖτο Th. 4.23, cf. 3.6.—The form used by Poets is πολεμίζω.

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