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polis, Ep. also ptolis (found sts. in Trag. etc., v. ptolis ), hê: Ep. forms, acc. sg. polêa Hes. Sh. 105, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.62; gen. polios or ptolios, Hom. Il. 2.811, au=Hom. Il. 4.514, al., polêos au=Hom. Il. 16.395, al. (also Thgn.757), poleos Hom. Il. 21.567; dat. polei au=Hom. Il. 5.686, al., ptoleï au=Hom. Il. 17.152, polêï au=Hom. Il. 3.50 (also Tyrt.12.15): pl., nom. polies Hom. Od. 15.412, polêes Hom. Il. 4.45; gen. poliôn au=Hom. Il. 1.125, al.; dat. poliessi Hom. Od. 21.252; acc. poleis Hom. Il. 2.648, al., polêas Hom. Od. 17.486, Call.Fr.9.70 P.(scanned ^ ^ ^_ IG12.826), polias (disyll.) Hom. Od. 8.560,au=Hom. Od. 8.574=lr, (trisyll.) Hom. Il. 4.308 (s.v.l., poleas Aristarch.): Ion. forms, gen. poleôs IG12(8).356(Thasos), GDI5653a13 (Chios), etc., also Xenoph.2.9,au=Xenoph. 2.22=lr, v.l. in Thgn.1043; written poleiôs GDI5532.19 (Zeleia); poleos IBID=au=GDI 5339.41 (Orop.), IG12(7).103 (Amorgos), Thgn. 776, etc., polios Hdt. 1.26, al., Herod.2.8, al., polêos Thgn. (v. supr.), cj. in Hippon.47, cf. ti=Hippon. An.Ox.1.361; dat. mostly polei, but poli_ Hdt. 2.60, al., polêï (or -êi) SIG169.3 (lasos, iv B.C.): pl., usu. poleis, poleôn, polesi, but in Hdt. polies au=Hdt. 1.142, al., poliôn IBID=au=Hdt. 1.6=lr, al., polisi IBID=au=Hdt. 1.151=lr, al.; acc. poli_s au=Hdt. 2.177,al., polias au=Hdt. 1.142, au=Hdt. 2.102, al.: Dor. gen. sg. polios SIG615.3 (Delph., ii B.C.); dat. sg. poli IG4.839 (Calaurea, iv B.C.); dat. pl. poliesi Pind. P. 7.8; poliessi Foed.Lac.ap.Th.5.77 (v.l. poliesi), au=Foed.Lac.ap.Th. 5.79=lr, IG42(1).74.4 (Epid., iii B.C.); Cret. polithi GDI5019.3: Aeol. gen. polios IG12(2).526a8 (polêos is an Epicism in Alc. Supp.17.6); gen. pl. poliôn IG11(4).1064b20; dat. pl. poliessi ib. 12(2).1.6: Trag., gen. poleôs disyll. (as also in Com., exc. Aristoph. Kn. 763), thrice poleos Aesch. Ag. 1167 (lyr.), Soph. Ant. 162, Eur. Orest. 897:--

  • Att. Inscrr. earlier than au=Eur. Orest. 350 B.C. sts. have dat. sg. polêi, IG12.108.35,au=IG 22.17.10,au=IG 42.5, au=IG 53.7; Att. dual polê Isoc. 8.116, polê or polei Aeschin. Socr.8 (where Choerob. cites both forms, in Theod.1.314, au=Choerob. in Theod. 1.136=lr H.); gen. toin poleoin Isoc. 4.73: Elean nom. sg. poler Schwyzer425.16; gen. polior IBID=au=Schwyzer 425.20=lr (iii/ii B.C.):--

  • city, Hom. ll.cc., Hes. Sh. 270, etc.; p. akrê, akrotatê, = akropolis, the citadel, Hom. Il. 6.88, au=Hom. Il. 20.52; which at Athens also was in early times called simply p., while the rest of the city was called astu, kaleitai . . hê akropolis mechri toude eti hup' Athênaiôn p. Thuc. 2.15; en polei in treaties, IDEM=Thuc. 5.23,au=Thuc. 5.47=lr, cf. IG12.372.1, Aristoph. Lys. 245,au=Aristoph. Lys. 758; es polin IG12.91.4; pros polin Aristoph. Lys. 288 (lyr.); ek poleôs IDEM=Aristoph. Kn. 1093; but en têi polei Xen. Anab. 7.1.27, dub. in Antiph. 6.39; so Inachou p. the citadel of Argos, E.Fr.228.6; of the Cadmea at Thebes, Plu.Pel.18, cf. Strab. 8.6.8; of Alexandria, Eust.239.13; p. hê hagia, of Jerusalem, LXX Ne.11.1: with the name of the city added in gen., Iliou p., Argous p., the city of . . , Aesch. Ag. 29, Aristoph. Kn. 813; also in appos., hê Mendê p. Thuc. 4.130; hê p. hoi Tarsoi Xen. Anab. 1.2.26.

    II. country, as dependent on and called after its city, anthrôpôn hoi tênde p. kai gaian echousin     Hom. Od. 6.177, cf. Hes. Sh. 380, Soph. OC 1533. etc.; esp. of islands peopled by men, Aêmnon p. Thoantos Hom. Il. 14.230; p. Aiantos, = Salamis, Pind. I. 5.48, etc.; perirrutas p. Aesch. Eum. 77, cf. Eur. Ion 294, Aristoph. Peace 251 (v. Sch.); also diôchlêke p. pollas . . , Sikelian, Italian, Peloponnêson, Thettalian ktl. Lys. 6.6, cf. Strab. 8.3.31.

    III. community or body of citizens (opp. astu, their dwellings,     Hom. Il. 17.144, but in dêmos te p. te Hom. Od. 11.14, p. denotes the town), hôn p. anarithmos ollutai Soph. OT 179(lyr.): hence,

    IV. polin paizein, a game resembling backgammon, Cratin.56, perh. alluded to in     Plat. Rep. 422e. (Cf. Skt. pūr, Lith. pilìs 'fortrees'.)