πόλεμος, and Ep.
πτόλεμος,ὁ,
A. war,
Il. 1.61 , etc. (the usual meaning in post-Homeric Greek); also,battle, fight,ib. 226 , etc.; even ofsingle combat,
7.174 ; πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε
1.177
, 5.891 ; φυλόπιδος . . καὶ πολέμοιο
18.242
; ἀϋτήν τε πτόλεμόν τε
1.492
, cf. 14.37 , 96 ; π. καὶ δηϊοτῆτος
5.348
, etc.: periphr.,νεῖκος, φύλοπις, ἔρις πολέμοιο,
13.271 , 635 , 17.253 ;π. ἄγριος, αἱματόεις, ἀργαλέος, ἀλίαστος, δακρυόεις, δήϊος, δυσηλεγής, δυσηχής, κακός, λευγαλέος, ὀϊζυρός, ὀκρυόεις, ὀλοός, ὁμοίιος, πευκεδανός, πολυᾶϊξ, πολύδακρυς, στυγερός, φθισήνωρ,ib. 737 , 19.313 , Od. 24.531 , Il. 2.797 , 5.737 , 7.119 , 20.154 , 2.686 , 1.284 , 13.97 , 3.112 , 9.64 (leg.κρυόεντος), 3.133 , 9.440 , 10.8 , 1.165 , 3.165 , 4.240 , 9.604 ;π. Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνδρῶν,i.e. brought by them, 3.165 , 24.8 (pl.), etc.; ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων π.