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ἄπολις

ἄπολις, one without city, state

ἄπολις, ι: gen. ιδος or εως, Ion. ιος: dat. ἀπόλι Hdt. 8.61:—
  • without city, state or country, Id. 7.104, 8.61, etc.; outlaw, banished man, ἄ. τινα τιθέναι, ποιεῖν, S. OC 1357, Antipho 2.2.9, Pl. Lg. 928e, etc.; προβαλέσθαι S. Ph. 1018; ἀ. ἀντὶ πολιτῶν Lys. 20.35; ἄ. τῆς ἀρχαίας (sc. πόλεως) Aristid. Or. 26(14).75.
      • 2 no true citizen, opp. ὑψίπολις, S. Ant. 370.
    • II of a country, without cities, Plu. Tim. 1, Philostr. VA 1.24.
    • III πόλις ἄπολις a city that is no city, a ruined city, ἄ. Ἰλίου πόλιν ἔθηκας A. Eu. 457, cf. E. Tr. 1292; also, one that has no constitution, no true city, Pl. Lg. 766d.

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