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πολεμέω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

πόλεμος (pólemos, war) + -έω (-éō, verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πολεμέω (poleméō) (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

  1. to make war, be at war, fight, quarrel [with dative or πρός (prós, + accusative) ‘with, against someone’]
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.1:
      Θουκυδίδης Ἀθηναῖος ξυνέγραψε τὸν πόλεμον τῶν Πελοποννησίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων, ὡς ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους
      Thoukudídēs Athēnaîos xunégrapse tòn pólemon tôn Peloponnēsíōn kaì Athēnaíōn, hōs epolémēsan pròs allḗlous
      Thucydides the Athenian wrote down [the history of] the war of the Pelopponesians and Athenians, how they fought against each other
  2. (transitive, with a person as object) to make war on
    1. (passive voice, of a person) to have war made on one
  3. (with cognate accusative) to fight a fight
    1. (passive voice, of a fight) to take place

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ἀναπολεμέω (anapoleméō)
  • ἀντιπολεμέω (antipoleméō)
  • ἀποπολεμέω (apopoleméō)
  • διαπολεμέω (diapoleméō)
  • ἐκπολεμέω (ekpoleméō)
  • ἐμπολεμέω (empoleméō)
  • καταπολεμέω (katapoleméō)
  • πολεμησείω (polemēseíō)
  • προπολεμέω (propoleméō)
  • προσδιαπολεμέω (prosdiapoleméō)
  • προσπολεμέω (prospoleméō)
  • συγκαταπολεμέω (sunkatapoleméō)
  • συμπολεμέω (sumpoleméō)
  • συνδιαπολεμέω (sundiapoleméō)
  • συνεκπολεμέω (sunekpoleméō)

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