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πολέμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολέμιος πολέμιᾱ πολέμιον

Structure: πολεμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: po/lemos

Sense

  1. of or belonging to war, whatever belongs to war, war and its business
  2. of or like an enemy, hostile, hostile, an enemy, the enemy, hostility
  3. opposed, adverse
  4. of or from the enemy, enemy's wares, contraband, the enemy's country
  5. in hostile manner

Examples

  • καὶ τὸν μάντιν εἰπεῖν ὡσ ταχὺ πρὸσ τὰ ἔχθιστα καὶ πολεμιώτατα σύνεισιν εἰσ ἄκραν φιλίαν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 43 4:3)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀμείβετο λέγων "ὦ βασιλεῦ, ὄψισ μὲν ἡ ἐπιφανεῖσα τοῦ ὀνείρου ὡσ βουλόμεθα ἀμφότεροι τελευτήσειε, ἐγὼ δ’ ἔτι καὶ ἐσ τόδε δείματοσ εἰμὶ ὑπόπλεοσ οὐδ’ ἐντὸσ ἐμεωυτοῦ, ἄλλα τε πολλὰ ἐπιλεγόμενοσ καὶ δὴ καὶ ὁρῶν τοι δύο τὰ μέγιστα πάντων ἐόντα πολεμιώτατα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 47 3:1)
  • "δαιμόνιε ἀνδρῶν, κοῖα ταῦτα λέγεισ εἶναι δύο μοι πολεμιώτατα; (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 48 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or like an enemy

  2. opposed

  3. in hostile manner

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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