1. of or for war , (Thucydides); ἀσπὶς πολεμικωτάτη most fit for service , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη); the art of war, war , (Plato Philosophus): —; τὰ πολεμικά warlike exercises , (Thucydides) 3. τὸ πολεμικόν the signal for battle , (Xenophon Historicus) 4. the military class , opposite to the civilian, (Aristotle Philosopher) 5. of persons, skilled in war, warlike , (Thucydides), etc. 6. like an enemy, stirring up hostility , (Xenophon Historicus):—;adverb, πολεμικῶς ἔχειν to be hostile , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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polemikos · warfare · Greek
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