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|Definition=πολεμική, πολεμικόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of war]] or [[for war]], οἱ πολεμικοὶ κίνδυνοι Th.2.43; <b class="b3">ἀγῶνες πολεμικοί</b>, opp. [[εἰρηνικός|εἰρηνικοί]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''729d; [[βίος]] ib.829a; [[πλοῖα]], [[ὅπλα]], ib.706b,944e; χαλκῆν ἀσπίδα πολεμικωτάτην εἶναι [[most fit for service]], X.''Lac.''11.3; χρεία ''OGI''54.13 (Egypt, iii B.C.); [[τέχνη]] καὶ [[ἐπιστήμη]] πολεμική = [[art]] and [[science]] of [[war]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 522c, cf. ''Lg.'' 639b; ἡ [[πολεμική]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[τέχνη]]) the [[art of war]], Id.''Sph.''222c, etc.; τὰ [[πολεμικά]] = [[warlike exercises]], [[ἄλκιμος]] τὰ πολεμικά ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πολέμια]]) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.4; τὰ πολεμικὰ [[ἀσκεῖν]] X.''HG'' 3.4.18, ''Cyr.''1.5.9; αἱ τῶν πολεμικῶν μελέται Th.2.39, cf. 89 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> τὸ [[πολεμικόν]] = [[signal]] for [[battle]] (<b class="b3">παιὼν πολεμικός</b> in Pl.''Ep.''348b), <b class="b3">ἐπειδὰν ὁ σαλπικτὴς σημήνῃ</b> τὸ πολεμικόν X.''An.''4.3.29, cf. Aen. Tact.4.3; <b class="b3">ἀνέκραγε πολεμικόν</b> gave a [[war]]-[[shout]], X.''An.''7.3.33; also of an [[air]] on the [[flute]], Tryphoap.Ath.14.618c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[fight]]ing [[part]] of the [[people]], opp. [[civilian]]s, Arist.''Pol.''1291a26, 1329a2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[skilled in war]], [[warlike]], Th.1.84, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 522e, ''Lg.''643c, etc.: distinguished from [[φιλοπόλεμος]], X.''An.''2.6.1; also [[ἵπποι]] πολεμικοί Id.''Cyr.''7.5.62; τὸ [[πολεμικόν]] = [[warlike spirit]], Phld.''Mus.''p.27 K.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[like an enemy]], [[hostile]], X.''Vect.''4.44; [[stirring up hostility]], opp. [[φιλικός]], πολεμικὸν δὲ καὶ [[ἔρις]] καὶ [[ὀργή]] = [[strife]] and [[anger]] [[lead]] to [[hostility]] Id.''Mem.''2.6.21: metaph., [[ἀντίθεσις]] πολεμικὴ καὶ [[ἀσύμβατος]] Plu.2.946e. Adv. [[πολεμικῶς]], [[ἔχειν]], opp. [[εἰρηνικῶς]], Isoc.5.46; [[πολεμικῶς]] [[διακεῖσθαι]] Id.6.39: Sup. [[πολεμικώτατα]], [[ἔχειν]] πρός τινα X.''An.''6.1.1.