προπολεμέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make war for</b> or <b class="b2">in defence of</b>, τῆς χώρας <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.33</span>; τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Plb.2.48.1</span>, etc.; τισὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς <b class="b2">with . . for . .</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.6.49</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ [τῆς πόλεως</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>429b</span>, cf.<span class="title">OGI</span>56.12(Canopus, iii B.C.): abs., <b class="b3">οἱ προπολεμοῦντες</b> <b class="b2">the guards</b> or <b class="b2">defenders of a country</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>423a</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ προπολεμοῦν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">442b</span>, <span class="bibl">547d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1279b3</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ προπολεμῆσον</b> <b class="b2">the body intended to act as guards</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1291a7</span>.</span>