πολιοῦχος: Difference between revisions

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