πόλις,
Epic dialect also πτόλις (found sometimes in Trag. etc., see at {πτόλις}), ἡ: Epic dialect forms, accusative singular πόληα [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 105, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.62] Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive πόλιος or πτόλιος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.811, 4.514, +others, πόληος 16.395, +others (also 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 757), πόλεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.567; _dative_ πόλει 5.686, +others, πτόλεϊ 17.152, πόληϊ 3.50 (also 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.15): _plural_, _nominative_ πόλιες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.412, πόληες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.45; _genitive_ πολίων 1.125, +others; _dative_ πολίεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.252; _accusative_ πόλεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.648, +others, πόληας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.486, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 9.70 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] P.(scanned ?~X ?~X ?~X ¯ [[ “IG” 12.826), πόλιας (_disyllable_) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.560, 574, (_trisyllable_) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.308 (assuming variant, πόλεας 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect forms, genitive πόλεως [[ “IG” 12(8).356 (from Thasos), “GDI” 5653a13 (from Chios), etc., also 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.9, 22, variant in 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1043; written πόλειως “GDI” 5532.19 (from Zeleia); πόλεος [prev. work]5339.41 (Orop.), “IG” 12(7).103 (from Amorgos), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 776, etc., πόλιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, +others, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.8, +others, πόληος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus (see. above), conjecture in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47, compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.361] Refs 6th c.BC+]; dative mostly πόλει, but πόλῑ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.60, +others, πόληϊ (or -ῃ) “SIG” 169.3 (lasos, 4th c.BC): _plural_, usually πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus πόλιες 1.142, +others, πολίων [prev. work] 6, +others, πόλισι [prev. work] 151, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative πόλῑς [[ 2.177, +others, πόλιας 1.142, 2.102, +others] Refs]: Doric dialect genitive singular πόλιος [[ “SIG” 615.3 (Delph., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; dative singular πόλι [[ “IG” 4.839 (Calaurea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; dative plural πολίεσι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 7.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.77 (variant{πολίεσι}), 79, “IG” 42(1).74.4 (Epid., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect πόλιθι [[ “GDI” 5019.3 ] Refs]: Aeolic dialect genitive πόλιος [[ “IG” 12(2).526a8 (πόληος is an Epicism in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 17.6); _genitive_ _plural_ πολίων “IG” 11(4).1064b20; _dative_ _plural_ πολίεσσι [prev. work] 12(2).1.6: Trag., _genitive_ πόλεως] Refs 7th c.BC+] disyllable (as also in Comedy texts, except [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 763), thrice πόλεος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1167 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 162, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 897:—_Attic dialect_ Inscrr. earlier than 4th c.BC sometimes have _dative_ _sing._ πόλῃ, “IG” 12.108.35,22.17.10,42.5, 53.7] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect dual πόλη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.116, πόλη or πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 8 (where 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus cites both forms, “in Theod.” 1.314, 136 H.); _genitive_ τοῖν πολέοιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.73: Elean _nominative_ _sing._ πόλερ “Schwyzer” 425.16; _genitive_ πόλιορ [prev. work]20 (3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—city, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus [same places], 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 270, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, ={ἀκρόπολις}, the citadel, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.88, 20.52 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; which at Athens also was in early times called simply π., while the rest of the city was called ἄστυ, καλεῖται.. ἡ ἀκρόπολις μέχρι τοῦδε ἔτι ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πόλει in treaties, [[ [prev. author] 5.23, 47, compare “IG” 12.372.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 245, 758; ἐς πόλιν “IG” 12.91.4; πρὸς πόλιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 288 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ πόλεως [prev. author] “Eq.” 1093; but ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.27, uncertain in 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so Ἰνάχου π. the citadel of Argos, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 228.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Cadmea at Thebes, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 18, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.8 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of Alexandria, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 239.13 ] Refs]; π. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, [[ LXX.Neh.11.1: with the name of the city added in _genitive_, Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π.,] LXX] the city of.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 813 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in apposition, ἡ Μένδη π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130; ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]