πολεμικός: Difference between revisions

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