A.of or belonging to war, “κάματοι” Pi.P.2.19; “ὅπ λ α ” Expl.Arch. de Délos 11.140; “τ ὰ π .” war and its business, Hdt.5.78, Th.4.80 (s.v.l.), etc.; “παρασκευάζεσθαι τ ὰ π .” Id.1.18.
II. more freq. of or like an enemy, hostile, “ἄνδρες” Pi. P.1.80; “χείρ” Id.N.4.55; “χθών” A.Th.588; δόρυ ib.216, etc.; “ἄνδρα π . ἐχθρόν τ ε ” S.Ph.1302; π . δυσμενῆ τ ε ib.1323; π . τινί hostile to one, Hdt.1.4, E.Hec.1138; “π . π ῦρ νεύροις” Hp.Art.11.
2. generally, opposed, adverse, “δύο . . ἐόντα -ώτατα” Hdt. 7.47; δύο . . ἔτ ι πολεμιώτερα (sc. γ ῆ κ α ὶ θάλασσα) ib.49; “τ ὸ ἔλαιον τ α ῖς θ ρ ι ξ ὶ -ώτατον τ α ῖς τ ῶν ἄλ λ ω ν ζ ῴω ν ” most hurtful, Pl.Prt.334b; “πολεμία ἡ ὀσ μ ὴ τ ο ῖς ὄφεσιν” Arist.HA612a29.
III. of or from the enemy, “φόβος” A.Th.270; “φρυκτοί” Th.2.94; “φίλια κ α ὶ π . ναυάγια” Lys.2.38; “τριήρεις” IG22.29.15; πολέμια, τά, enemy's wares, contraband, Ar.Ach. 912; ἡ π . (sc. γ ῆ, χώρα) the enemy's country, X.Cyr.3.3.16, etc., cf. S.Aj.819.
IV. Adv. -ίως in hostile manner, “φιλίως, ο ὐ π .” Th.3.65, cf. 66, etc.; “π . ἔχ ε ι ν τινί” X.Cyn.7.11: Sup. “-ιώτατα, διακείμενος” SIG741.19 (Epist. Mithrid., i B.C.).—πολέμιος is older than πολεμικός, being always used by Pi. and Trag., and mostly by Hdt. and Th.; in X. and later writers, πολέμιος is mostly used in the sense of hostile, πολεμικός in that of warlike, skilled in war.
