πολιοῦχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, Ep. πολιήοχος, Dor. -άοχος (v. infr.), Lacon.</gram> πολιᾶχος </gramGrp><span class="title">IG</span>5(1).213.3 (Sparta, v B.C.); cf. [[πολισσοῦχος]]:([[ἔχω]] A):— <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[protecting a city]], ὦ π. κράτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>821</span> (lyr., codd., sed v. infr.); π. ἀρετά <span class="bibl">Isyll.16</span>; but mostly as epith. of the guardian deity of a city, <b class="b3">Ἀθηναίη π</b>. in Chios, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.160</span> (also in Attica, <span class="title">BCH</span>50.529 (Marathon, ii A.D.)); <b class="b3">Παλλὰς π</b>., at Athens, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>581</span> (lyr.); Ἀθάνα π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>602</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>827</span>; Παλλὰς πολιάοχος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.10</span>; π. θεοί <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>312</span> (lyr.); [[δαίμονες]] ib.<span class="bibl">822</span> (lyr.); Ζεὺς π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>921c</span>; Ἀρτέμιδος πολιηόχου <span class="bibl">A.R.1.312</span>; <b class="b3">π. Ἀλεξανδρείας</b>, title of Diocletian, <span class="title">OGI</span>718.2 (Alexandria, iv A.D.): πολίοχος (elsewh. known as pr. n. [[Πολίοχος]]) shd. be read in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>166</span>,<span class="bibl">821</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">πολιοῦχος</span> (B), ον, (πολιός) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[greyhaired]], PLond.1821.325.</span>