πολεμικός

A. of or for war, οἱ π. κίνδυνοι Th. 2.43; ἀγῶνες π., opp. εἰρηνικοί, Pl. Lg. 729d; βίος ib.829a; πλοῖα, ὅπλα, ib.706b,944e; χαλκῆν ἀσπίδα ‐ωτάτην εἶναι most fit for service, X. Lac. 11.3; χρεία OGI 54.13 (Egypt, iii B.C.); τέχνη καὶ ἐπιστήμη π. Pl. R. 522c, cf. Lg. 639b; ἡ ‐κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of war, Id. Sph. 222c, etc.; τὰ ‐κά warlike exercises, τὰ π ἄλκιμος (v.l. πολέμια) Hdt. 3.4; τὰ π. ἀσκεῖν X. HG 3.4.18, Cyr. 1.5.9; αἱ τῶν π. μελέται Th. 2.39, cf. 89 (v.l.).

2. τὸ ‐κόν signal for battle (παιὼν π. in Pl. Ep. 348b), ἐπειδὰν ὁ σαλπικτὴς σημήνῃ τὸ π. X. An. 4.3.29, cf. Aen. Tact.4.3; ἀνέκραγε πολεμικόν gave a war-shout, X. An. 7.3.33; also of an air on the flute, Tryphoap.Ath. 14.618c.

b. fighting part of the people, opp. civilians, Arist. Pol. 1291a26, 1329a2.

II. of persons, skilled in war, warlike, Th. 1.84, Pl. R. 522e, Lg. 643c, etc.: distd. from φιλοπόλεμος, X. An. 2.6.1; also ἵπποι π. Id. Cyr. 7.5.62; τὸ π. warlike spirit, Phld. Mus. p.27 K.

III. like an enemy, hostile, X. Vect. 4.44; stirring up hostility, opp. φιλικός, πολεμικὸν ἔρις καὶ ὀργή Id. Mem. 2.6.21: metaph., ἀντίθεσις π. καὶ ἀσύμβατος Plu. 2.946e. Adv. ‐κῶς, ἔχειν, opp. εἰρηνικῶς, Isoc. 5.46; π. διακεῖσθαι Id. 6.39: Sup. ‐ώτατα, ἔχειν πρός τινα X. An. 6.1.1.