πολίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπόλισσα <span class="bibl">A.R.1.178</span>, πόλισσα <span class="bibl">Il.7.453</span>: (πόλις):— [[build a city]]: generally, [[build]], [τεῖχος] πολίσσαμεν Il. l.c.; <b class="b3">ἣν ἐπόλισσεν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν πάτρην</b>) <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>982 (Philae):—Pass., Ἴλιος πεπόλιστο <span class="bibl">Il. 20.217</span>; Δωδώνη πεπόλισται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.108</span>, <span class="bibl">5.52</span>, al.; ἐφ' ἁμαξῶν πεπολισμένοι <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>6.25</span>:—Med., [[build for oneself]], <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1346</span>; τὴν Ῥώμην σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπολίσαντο <span class="bibl">D.H.1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[build a city]] or [[build cities]] on or in a place, χωρίον πολίζειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.6.4</span>; τὴν χώραν <span class="bibl">Str.8.5.4</span>; τὸν τόπον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>9</span>:—Pass., εἴη ἡ Παιονίη ἐπὶ τῷ Στρυμόνι ποταμῷ πεπολισμένη <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.13</span>.—Ep., Ion., X., and later Prose.</span>