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|Definition=Ion. Iterat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πολεμέεσκε Acus.22J.: fut. πολεμήσω X.''An.''2.6.5: pf. πεπολέμηκα Arist.''Rh.''1396a11, Ephipp.9:—Med., aor. ἐπολεμησάμην ([[καταπολεμέω]]) Plb.11.31.6:—Pass., πολεμηθήσομαι Id.2.41.14, etc.; [[πολεμήσομαι]] in pass. sense, Th.1.68,8.43, D.23.110: aor. ἐπολεμήθην Th.5.26: pf. [[πεπολέμημαι]] ([[καταπολεμέω]]) Id.6.16: ([[πόλεμος]]):—to [[be at war]] or [[make war]], Id.1.140, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀφ' ἡσυχίας πολεμῆσαι</b> ib. 124; opp. [[εἰρήνην ἄγειν]], Id.5.76; τινι [[with]] one, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.37, ''IG''22.236.19, etc.; πολεμοῦσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας πόλεις X.''Vect.''5.8, cf. Pl.''Lg.'' 686b, ''SIG''182.12 (Argos, iv B.C.), etc.; [[μετά τινος]] or [[σύν τινι]] = [[in conjunction with]]... X.''HG''7.1.27, ''An.''2.6.5; περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς π. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.98.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fight]], [[do battle]], ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 350a; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ [καμήλων]</b> [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.1.49; but <b class="b3">ἀφ' ὅτου πολεμήσωμεν</b> what our [[means]] of [[war]] are, And.3.16.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[quarrel]], [[wrangle]] with one, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.11; π. χρείᾳ S.''OC''191 (anap.), cf. E.''Ion''1386; τισὶν ὑπέρ τινος D.18.31: metaph. of [[disease]], Gal.1.103.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later c. acc., [[make war upon]], τὴν πόλιν Din.1.36 codd.; τὰς Ἀθήνας D.S.4.61, cf. 13.84, 14.37, [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.''5.30, etc.; τὰς Συρακούσας Plb.1.15.10, etc.: metaph., τὰς σταφυλάς Alciphr.3.22:—Pass., also in early writers, [[have war made upon]] one, to [[be treated as enemies]], Th.1.37, X. ''HG''7.4.20; ὑπό τινων Isoc.5.49; καὶ αὐτοὶ… ἐκ πολλοῦ πολεμούμενοι D.18.43; αὐτὸς μὲν πολεμεῖν ὑμῖν, ὑφ' ὑμῶν δὲ μὴ [[πολεμεῖσθαι]] Id.9.9; πολεμηθείσης τῆς χώρας ''OGI''748.8 (Cyzicus, iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. cogn., πόλεμον π. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 551d, Arist.l.c., etc.:—Pass., [πολέμους] τοὺς ἐπὶ Θησέως πολεμηθέντας [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.5.10; κατὰ θάλατταν ὁ π. ἐπολεμεῖτο Id.''HG''5.1.1, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 600a; <b class="b3">ὅσα ἐπολεμήθη</b> [[whatever]] [[hostility|hostilities]] [[take place|took place]], X.''An.''4.1.1; τὰ περὶ Πύλον [[κατὰ κράτος]] ἐπολεμεῖτο = [[there]] [[was]] [[vigorous]] [[fighting]] [[from]] [[both]] [[side]]s [[around]] [[Pylos]] Th.4.23, cf. 3.6.—The form used by Poets is [[πολεμίζω]].