πολεμόω

A. make hostile, make an enemy of, τινα v.l. in LXX 4 Ma. 4.21:—Med., πῶς οὐ πολεμώσεσθε αὐτούς; surely you will make them your enemies, Th. 5.98:—Pass., to be made an enemy of, μετὰ μεγίστων καιρῶν οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται Id. 1.36; ἐπολεμώθη δὲ ὅτι . . ib.57: —in other passages (πολεμουμένων Id. 3.82, πολεμοῦνται 4.20) it is doubtful whether the word should be referred to πολεμόω or ‐έω.