Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολῖτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολῖτις πολῖτιδος

Structure: πολῑτιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of poli/ths, Soph., Eur., etc.

Sense

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καλὸσ ὁ κίνδυνοσ, ὦ Οὐετουρία, τὸν υἱὸν κομίσασθαι, ἐλευθερῶσαι τὴν πατρίδα, σῶσαι τὰσ ἑαυτῆσ πολίτιδασ, κλέοσ ἀρετῆσ ἀθάνατον τοῖσ ἐσομένοισ καταλιπεῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 40 7:1)
  • οὐκοῦν τιθῶμεν τὸν νόμον τοῦτον, μέχρι γε τοσούτου μὴ ἀμελεῖσθαι τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον γυναιξὶν δεῖν, ἐπιμελεῖσθαι δὲ πάντασ τοὺσ πολίτασ καὶ τὰσ πολίτιδασ; (Plato, Laws, book 7 163:1)
  • οὐδενὸσ δ’ αὐτῷ προσιόντοσ ἐξέδραμεν ἐσ τὰσ ἀγχοῦ πόλεισ τὰσ οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ πολίτιδασ Ῥωμαίων γενομένασ, Τίβυρτόν τε καὶ Πραινεστὸν καὶ ὅσαι μέχρι Νώλησ, ἐρεθίζων ἅπαντασ ἐσ ἀπόστασιν καὶ χρήματα ἐσ τὸν πόλεμον συλλέγων. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 8 2:2)
  • καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ ἐπιθύειν τοῖσ θεοῖσ ᾤοντο δεῖν πρώτασ μὲν τὰσ πολίτιδασ, ὑστέρασ δὲ τὰσ μεταγενεστέρασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 11 1:3)

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION