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Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, πόλις
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πόλις , Ep. also πτόλις (found sts. in Trag. etc.,
A.v. πτόλις）, ἡ: Ep. forms, acc. sg. “πόληα” Hes.Sc.105, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.62; gen. πόλιος or πτόλιος, Il.2.811, 4.514, al., “πόληος” 16.395, al. (also Thgn.757), “πόλεος” Il.21.567; dat. “πόλει” 5.686, al., “πτόλεϊ” 17.152, “πόληϊ” 3.50 (also Tyrt.12.15): pl., nom. “πόλιες” Od.15.412, “πόληες” Il.4.45; gen. “πολίων” 1.125, al.; dat. “πολίεσσι” Od.21.252; acc. “πόλεις” Il.2.648, al., “πόληας” Od.17.486, Call.Fr.9.70 P.(scanned ^ ^ ^_ IG12.826), πόλιας (disyll.) Od.8.560,574, (trisyll.) Il.4.308 (s.v.l., “πόλεας” Aristarch.): Ion. forms, gen. “πόλεως” IG12(8).356（Thasos), GDI5653a13 (Chios), etc., also Xenoph.2.9,22, v.l. in Thgn.1043; written “πόλειως” GDI5532.19 (Zeleia); πόλεος ib.5339.41 (Orop.), IG12(7).103 (Amorgos), Thgn. 776, etc., “πόλιος” Hdt.1.26, al., Herod.2.8, al., “πόληος” Thgn. (v. supr.), cj. in Hippon.47, cf. An.Ox.1.361; dat. mostly πόλει, but “πόλι_” Hdt. 2.60, al., πόληϊ (or -ῃ) SIG169.3 (lasos, iv B.C.): pl., usu. πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in Hdt. “πόλιες” 1.142, al., πολίων ib.6, al., πόλισι ib. 151, al.; acc. “πόλι_ς” 2.177,al., “πόλιας” 1.142, 2.102, al.: Dor. gen. sg. “πόλιος” SIG615.3 (Delph., ii B.C.); dat. sg. “πόλι” IG4.839 (Calaurea, iv B.C.); dat. pl. “πολίεσι” Pi.P.7.8; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. ap. Th.5.77 (v.l. πολίεσι), 79, IG42(1).74.4 (Epid., iii B.C.); Cret. “πόλιθι” GDI5019.3: Aeol. gen. “πόλιος” IG12(2).526a8 (πόληος is an Epicism in Alc. Supp.17.6); gen. pl. “πολίων” IG11(4).1064b20; dat. pl. πολίεσσι ib. 12(2).1.6: Trag., gen. πόλεως disyll. (as also in Com., exc. Ar.Eq. 763), thrice “πόλεος” A.Ag.1167 (lyr.), S.Ant.162, E.Or.897:—Att. Inscrr. earlier than 350 B.C. sts. have dat. sg. πόλῃ, IG12.108.35,22.17.10,42.5, 53.7; Att. dual “πόλη” Isoc.8.116, πόλη or “πόλει” Aeschin. Socr.8 (where Choerob. cites both forms, in Theod.1.314, 136 H.); gen. “τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー πολέοιν” Isoc.4.73: Elean nom. sg. “πόλερ” Schwyzer425.16; gen. πόλιορ ib.20 (iii/ii B.C.):—city, Hom. ll.cc., Hes.Sc.270, etc.; πぱい. ἄκかっぱρろーηいーた, ἀκροτάτη, = ἀκρόπολις, the citadel, Il.6.88, 20.52; which at Athens also was in early times called simply πぱい., while the rest of the city was called “ἄσしぐまτたうυうぷしろん, κかっぱαあるふぁλらむだεいぷしろんῖτたうαあるふぁιいおた . . ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τたうοおみくろんῦδでるたεいぷしろん ἔτたうιいおた ὑπぱい᾽ Ἀθηναίων πぱい.” Th.2.15; ἐνにゅー πόλει in treaties, Id.5.23,47, cf. IG12.372.1, Ar. Lys.245,758; “ἐς πόλιν” IG12.91.4; “πぱいρろーὸς πόλιν” Ar.Lys.288 (lyr.); “ἐκかっぱ πόλεως” Id.Eq.1093; but “ἐνにゅー τたうῇ πόλει” X.An.7.1.27, dub. in Antipho 6.39; so Ἰνάχου πぱい. the citadel of Argos, E.Fr.228.6; of the Cadmea at Thebes, Plu.Pel.18, cf. Str.8.6.8; of Alexandria, Eust.239.13; πぱい. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, LXX Ne.11.1: with the name of the city added in gen., Ἰλίου πぱい., Ἄργους πぱい., the city of . . , A.Ag.29, Ar.Eq.813; also in appos., “ἡ Μένδη πぱい.” Th.4.130; “ἡ πぱい. οおみくろんἱ Ταρσοί” X.An.1.2.26.
2. one's city or country, “πόθι τたうοおみくろんιいおた πぱい. ἠδでるたὲ τたうοおみくろんκかっぱῆες;” Od.1.170, etc., cf. πόλιν: τたうὴνにゅー χώραν, Hsch.
3. ὁ ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς πόλεως city governor, OGI113.3,134.2, al.(Cyprus, ii B.C.), Plb.5.39.3: without Art., “ἐπぱいὶ πόλιος” IG7.2809.2 (Hyettus, iii B.C.), etc.; ἐπぱいὶ πόλεως ib.299.1 (Oropus. iii B.C.); “στρατηγὸς πόλεως” OGI743 (Ptol.); “στρατηγὸς τたうῆς πぱい.” BGU729.1 (ii A.D.); στρατηγὸς κかっぱαあるふぁτたうὰ πόλιν, = Lat. praetor urbanus, IG14.951.2 (Rome, i B.C.).
II. country, as dependent on and called after its city, “ἀνθρώπων οおみくろんἳ τήνδε πぱい. κかっぱαあるふぁὶ γがんまαあるふぁῖαあるふぁνにゅー ἔχουσιν” Od.6.177, cf. Hes.Sc.380, S.OC 1533. etc.; esp. of islands peopled by men, “Αあるふぁῆμみゅーνにゅーοおみくろんνにゅー πぱい. Θόαντος” Il.14.230; πぱい. Αあるふぁἴαντος, = Σαλαμίς, Pi.I.5(4).48, etc.; “περιρρύτας πぱい.” A.Eu.77, cf. E. Ion294, Ar.Pax251 (v. Sch.); also “διώχληκε πぱい. πぱいοおみくろんλらむだλらむだὰς . . , Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κかっぱτたうλらむだ.” Lys.6.6, cf. Str.8.3.31.
III. community or body of citizens (opp. ἄσしぐまτたうυうぷしろん, their dwellings, Il.17.144, but in “δでるたῆμός τたうεいぷしろん πぱい. τたうεいぷしろん” Od.11.14, πぱい. denotes the town), “ὧνにゅー πぱい. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται” S.OT179(lyr.): hence,
2. state or community, “ξύμπασα πぱい. κかっぱαあるふぁκかっぱοおみくろんῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα” Hes.Op.240, cf. Pi.P.2.88, S.OT22, E.Ph.947, etc.; “πぱい. ἄνδρα διδάσκει” Simon.67; esp. free state, republic, S.Ant.738 (cf. 734), X.Cyr.8.2.28, Arist.Pol.1276a23; “τたうὰ τたうῆς πぱい.” state affairs, government, Pl.Prt.319a; “πぱい. ἡ γがんまεいぷしろんνにゅーῶνにゅー κかっぱαあるふぁὶ κかっぱωおめがμみゅーῶνにゅー κοινωνία ζぜーたωおめがῆς τελείας κかっぱαあるふぁὶ αあるふぁὐτάρκους” Arist.Pol.1280b40; τたうὴνにゅー πぱい. φεύγειν shun one's public duties, D.45.66; assembly of citizens, Berl.Sitzb.1927.8 (Locr., v B. C.).
3. rights of citizenship, Ar.Ra.718, D.21.106.
IV. πόλιν παίζειν, a game resembling backgammon, Cratin.56, perh. alluded to in Pl.R.422e. (Cf. Skt. pūr, Lith. pilìs 'fortrees'.)
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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