πτόλις

A. = πόλις, Il. 2.130, etc. (not Aeol., but an Epicism in Sapph. Supp. 20a.12); also in Trag. (not S.) lyr., A. Th. 114,843, E. Tr. 556, (in dialogue) A. Th. 6, Eu. 79, E. Hec. 767, Andr. 699; found in Cypr. Inscr.Cypr. 135.1 H., cf. Heraclid. ap. Eust. 842.63, Sch.Il. 23.1; also Arc. as the old name of Mantinea, Paus. 8.12.7; once in Ion. Prose, Hp. Medic. 14; in ll. cc. only nom. and acc. sg. (πτόλις, πτόλιν) are found; gen. sg. πτόλεως Hermesian. 7.72 cod.; Cypr. dat. sg. πτόλιvι Inscr.Cypr. 135.6H.—Expld. by ναῦγος ἢ πόλις, Hsch.