πολεύω

I. intr., turn or go about, κατὰ ἄστυ π. go about the city, i.e. live therein, Od. 22.223; ὁ πολεύων, in Astrol., the planet presiding ouer a day, Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99, PMag.Leid.W. 5.47, Paul.Al. I. 3; ὄψῃ τοὺς πολεύοντας ἀναβαίνοντας εἰς οὐρανὸν θεούς, ἄλλους δὲ καταβαίνοντας PMag.Par. 1.545, cf. Iamb. Myst. 3.30.

II. trans., turn up the soil with the plough, γᾶν . . ἱππείῳ γένει π. S. Ant. 341 (lyr.).—Poet. and late Prose.