πολίχνη,ἡ, Dim. of
πόλις,
A. fort, small town,
Th. 7.4 , Call. Del. 41 . Plu. Tim. 11 , etc.; in earlier writers only as pr. n.,Πολίχνη,
Att.
Πολίχνᾱ,a city in Chios, Hdt. 6.26 ; in Ionia, Th. 8.14 , etc.; in the Megarid,v.l. in
Il. 2.557 :—henceΠολιχνῖται,οἱ, inhabitants of a city in Crete, Hdt. 7.170 .