Strong G4172πόλις
city
- Transliteration
- polis
- Pronunciation
- pol'-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
πόλις, -εως, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר;]
a city: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:29, Jhn.4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Mat.9:35 10:11, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:1 13:22; with nom. propr. in appos. (cl.), Act.11:5 16:14; with id. in genitive appos. (BL, §35, 5), Act.8:5, 2Pe.2:6; genitive, of the region, Luk.1:26 4:31, Jhn.4:5; of the inhabitants, Mat.10:5, 23 Luk.23:51, Act.19:35, 2Co.11:32; with genitive of person(s), of one's residence or native place, Mat.22:7, Luk.2:4, 11 4:29 10:11, Jhn.1:45, Act.16:20, Rev.16:9; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π., Mat.4:5 27:53, Rev.11:2; ἡ ἠγαπημένη, Rev.20:19; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, Mt 5 ̈35 (cf. Ps 47 (48):2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10 14ff. 22:14, 19. By meton., of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.8:34 12:25 21:10, Mrk.1:33, Act.14:21 21:30.
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר;]
a city: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:29, Jhn.4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Mat.9:35 10:11, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:1 13:22; with nom. propr. in appos. (cl.), Act.11:5 16:14; with id. in genitive appos. (BL, §35, 5), Act.8:5, 2Pe.2:6; genitive, of the region, Luk.1:26 4:31, Jhn.4:5; of the inhabitants, Mat.10:5, 23 Luk.23:51, Act.19:35, 2Co.11:32; with genitive of person(s), of one's residence or native place, Mat.22:7, Luk.2:4, 11 4:29 10:11, Jhn.1:45, Act.16:20, Rev.16:9; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία π., Mat.4:5 27:53, Rev.11:2; ἡ ἠγαπημένη, Rev.20:19; π. τοῦ μεγάλου, Mt 5 ̈35 (cf. Ps 47 (48):2); of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10 14ff. 22:14, 19. By meton., of the inhabitants of a city: Mat.8:34 12:25 21:10, Mrk.1:33, Act.14:21 21:30.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4172 appears in 155 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- city155
- for2
- the2
First verses
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 4:5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matthew 5:35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
- Matthew 8:33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
- Matthew 8:34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
- Matthew 9:1And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Matthew 10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
- Matthew 10:14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
- Matthew 10:15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
- Matthew 11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
- Matthew 11:20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
- Matthew 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
- Matthew 21:10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
- Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πόλις,
Epic dialect also πτόλις (found sometimes in Trag. etc., see at {πτόλις}), ἡ: Epic dialect forms, accusative singular πόληα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 105, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.62)]; genitive πόλιος or πτόλιος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.811, 4.514, +others, πόληος 16.395, +others (also 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757), πόλεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.567; _dative_ πόλει 5.686, +others, πτόλεϊ 17.152, πόληϊ 3.50 (also 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.15): _plural_, _nominative_ πόλιες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.412, πόληες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.45; _genitive_ πολίων 1.125, +others; _dative_ πολίεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.252; _accusative_ πόλεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.648, +others, πόληας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.486, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 9.70)] P.(scanned ?~X ?~X ?~X ¯ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.826), πόλιας (_disyllable_) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.560, 574, (_trisyllable_) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.308 (assuming variant, πόλεας 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus))]: Ionic dialect forms, genitive πόλεως [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).356 (from Thasos), “GDI” 5653a13 (from Chios), etc., also 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.9, 22, variant in 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1043; written πόλειως “GDI” 5532.19 (from Zeleia); πόλεος [prev. work]5339.41 (Orop.), “IG” 12(7).103 (from Amorgos), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 776, etc., πόλιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, +others, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.8, +others, πόληος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. above), conjecture in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47, compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.361)]; dative mostly πόλει, but πόλῑ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.60, +others, πόληϊ (or -ῃ) “SIG” 169.3 (lasos, 4th c.BC): _plural_, usually πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus πόλιες 1.142, +others, πολίων [prev. work] 6, +others, πόλισι [prev. work] 151, +others)]; accusative πόλῑς [Refs (2.177, +others, πόλιας 1.142, 2.102, +others)]: Doric dialect genitive singular πόλιος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 615.3 (Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; dative singular πόλι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.839 (Calaurea, 4th c.BC))]; dative plural πολίεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 7.8)]; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.77 (variant{πολίεσι}), 79, “IG” 42(1).74.4 (Epid., 3rd c.BC))]; Cretan dialect πόλιθι [Refs (“GDI” 5019.3)]: Aeolic dialect genitive πόλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(2).526a8 (πόληος is an Epicism in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 17.6); _genitive_ _plural_ πολίων “IG” 11(4).1064b20; _dative_ _plural_ πολίεσσι [prev. work] 12(2).1.6: Trag., _genitive_ πόλεως)] disyllable (as also in Comedy texts, except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 763), thrice πόλεος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1167 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 162, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 897:—_Attic dialect_ Inscrr. earlier than 4th c.BC sometimes have _dative_ _sing._ πόλῃ, “IG” 12.108.35,22.17.10,42.5, 53.7)]; Attic dialect dual πόλη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.116, πόλη or πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 8 (where 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus cites both forms, “in Theod.” 1.314, 136 H.); _genitive_ τοῖν πολέοιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.73: Elean _nominative_ _sing._ πόλερ “Schwyzer” 425.16; _genitive_ πόλιορ [prev. work]20 (3rd-2nd c.BC))]:—city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus [same places], 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 270, etc.)]; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, ={ἀκρόπολις}, the citadel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.88, 20.52)]; which at Athens also was in early times called simply π., while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, καλεῖται.. ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; ἐν πόλει in treaties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.23, 47, compare “IG” 12.372.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 245, 758; ἐς πόλιν “IG” 12.91.4; πρὸς πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 288 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ πόλεως [prev. author] “Eq.” 1093; but ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.27, uncertain in 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39)]; so Ἰνάχου π. the citadel of Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 228.6)]; of the Cadmea at Thebes, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 18, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.8)]; of Alexandria, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 239.13)]; π. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, [LXX (LXX.Neh.11.1: with the name of the city added in _genitive_, Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π.,)] the city of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 813)]; also in apposition, ἡ Μένδη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130; ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.26.)]
2 one's city or country, πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆε; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.170, etc., compare πόλιν· τὴν χώραν, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
3 ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως city governor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 113.3,134.2, +others(Cyprus, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.39.3: without _Article_, ἐπὶ πόλιος “IG” 7.2809.2 (Hyettus, 3rd c.BC), etc.; ἐπὶ πόλεως [prev. work]299.1 (Oropus. 3rd c.BC))]; στρατηγὸς πόλεως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 743 (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus); στρατηγὸς τῆς π. “BGU” 729.1 (2nd c.AD))]; στρατηγὸς κατὰ πόλιν, = Latin praetor urbanus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.951.2 (Rome, 1st c.BC).)]
II country, as dependent on and called after its city, ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.177, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 380, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1533. etc.)]; especially of islands peopled by men, Αῆμνον π. Θόαντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.230)]; π. Αἴαντος, ={Σαλαμίς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).48, etc.; περιρρύτας π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 77, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 294, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 251 (see. Scholia); also διώχληκε π. πολλὰς.., Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.6, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.31.)]
III community or body of citizens (opposed to ἄστυ, their dwellings, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.144, but in δῆμός τε π. τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.14, π.)] denotes the town), ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 179 (Lyric poetry): hence,)]
III.2 state or community, ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 240, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.88, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 22, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 947, etc.; π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 67)]; especially free state, republic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 738 (compare 734), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.28, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276a23; τὰ τῆς π.)]state affairs, government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319a; π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b40)]; τὴν π. φεύγειν shun one's public duties, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.66)]; assembly of citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC).)]
III.3 rights of citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 718, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.106.)]
IV πόλιν παίζειν, a game resembling backgammon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 56)], perhaps alluded to in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422e)]. (Cf. Sanskrit pūr, Lithuanian pilìs 'fortrees'.)
Epic dialect also πτόλις (found sometimes in Trag. etc., see at {πτόλις}), ἡ: Epic dialect forms, accusative singular πόληα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 105, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.62)]; genitive πόλιος or πτόλιος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.811, 4.514, +others, πόληος 16.395, +others (also 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757), πόλεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.567; _dative_ πόλει 5.686, +others, πτόλεϊ 17.152, πόληϊ 3.50 (also 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.15): _plural_, _nominative_ πόλιες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.412, πόληες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.45; _genitive_ πολίων 1.125, +others; _dative_ πολίεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.252; _accusative_ πόλεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.648, +others, πόληας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.486, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 9.70)] P.(scanned ?~X ?~X ?~X ¯ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.826), πόλιας (_disyllable_) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.560, 574, (_trisyllable_) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.308 (assuming variant, πόλεας 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus))]: Ionic dialect forms, genitive πόλεως [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).356 (from Thasos), “GDI” 5653a13 (from Chios), etc., also 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.9, 22, variant in 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1043; written πόλειως “GDI” 5532.19 (from Zeleia); πόλεος [prev. work]5339.41 (Orop.), “IG” 12(7).103 (from Amorgos), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 776, etc., πόλιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, +others, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.8, +others, πόληος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. above), conjecture in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47, compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.361)]; dative mostly πόλει, but πόλῑ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.60, +others, πόληϊ (or -ῃ) “SIG” 169.3 (lasos, 4th c.BC): _plural_, usually πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus πόλιες 1.142, +others, πολίων [prev. work] 6, +others, πόλισι [prev. work] 151, +others)]; accusative πόλῑς [Refs (2.177, +others, πόλιας 1.142, 2.102, +others)]: Doric dialect genitive singular πόλιος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 615.3 (Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; dative singular πόλι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.839 (Calaurea, 4th c.BC))]; dative plural πολίεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 7.8)]; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.77 (variant{πολίεσι}), 79, “IG” 42(1).74.4 (Epid., 3rd c.BC))]; Cretan dialect πόλιθι [Refs (“GDI” 5019.3)]: Aeolic dialect genitive πόλιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(2).526a8 (πόληος is an Epicism in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 17.6); _genitive_ _plural_ πολίων “IG” 11(4).1064b20; _dative_ _plural_ πολίεσσι [prev. work] 12(2).1.6: Trag., _genitive_ πόλεως)] disyllable (as also in Comedy texts, except [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 763), thrice πόλεος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1167 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 162, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 897:—_Attic dialect_ Inscrr. earlier than 4th c.BC sometimes have _dative_ _sing._ πόλῃ, “IG” 12.108.35,22.17.10,42.5, 53.7)]; Attic dialect dual πόλη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.116, πόλη or πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 8 (where 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus cites both forms, “in Theod.” 1.314, 136 H.); _genitive_ τοῖν πολέοιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.73: Elean _nominative_ _sing._ πόλερ “Schwyzer” 425.16; _genitive_ πόλιορ [prev. work]20 (3rd-2nd c.BC))]:—city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus [same places], 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 270, etc.)]; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, ={ἀκρόπολις}, the citadel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.88, 20.52)]; which at Athens also was in early times called simply π., while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, καλεῖται.. ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15)]; ἐν πόλει in treaties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.23, 47, compare “IG” 12.372.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 245, 758; ἐς πόλιν “IG” 12.91.4; πρὸς πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 288 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ πόλεως [prev. author] “Eq.” 1093; but ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.27, uncertain in 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39)]; so Ἰνάχου π. the citadel of Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 228.6)]; of the Cadmea at Thebes, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 18, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.8)]; of Alexandria, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 239.13)]; π. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, [LXX (LXX.Neh.11.1: with the name of the city added in _genitive_, Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π.,)] the city of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 813)]; also in apposition, ἡ Μένδη π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130; ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.26.)]
2 one's city or country, πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆε; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.170, etc., compare πόλιν· τὴν χώραν, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
3 ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως city governor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 113.3,134.2, +others(Cyprus, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.39.3: without _Article_, ἐπὶ πόλιος “IG” 7.2809.2 (Hyettus, 3rd c.BC), etc.; ἐπὶ πόλεως [prev. work]299.1 (Oropus. 3rd c.BC))]; στρατηγὸς πόλεως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 743 (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus); στρατηγὸς τῆς π. “BGU” 729.1 (2nd c.AD))]; στρατηγὸς κατὰ πόλιν, = Latin praetor urbanus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.951.2 (Rome, 1st c.BC).)]
II country, as dependent on and called after its city, ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.177, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 380, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1533. etc.)]; especially of islands peopled by men, Αῆμνον π. Θόαντος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.230)]; π. Αἴαντος, ={Σαλαμίς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).48, etc.; περιρρύτας π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 77, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 294, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 251 (see. Scholia); also διώχληκε π. πολλὰς.., Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.6, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.31.)]
III community or body of citizens (opposed to ἄστυ, their dwellings, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.144, but in δῆμός τε π. τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.14, π.)] denotes the town), ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 179 (Lyric poetry): hence,)]
III.2 state or community, ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 240, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.88, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 22, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 947, etc.; π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 67)]; especially free state, republic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 738 (compare 734), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.28, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276a23; τὰ τῆς π.)]state affairs, government, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319a; π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b40)]; τὴν π. φεύγειν shun one's public duties, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.66)]; assembly of citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC).)]
III.3 rights of citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 718, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.106.)]
IV πόλιν παίζειν, a game resembling backgammon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 56)], perhaps alluded to in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422e)]. (Cf. Sanskrit pūr, Lithuanian pilìs 'fortrees'.)