πολῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
Ionic dialect πολιήτης (which see), citizen, freeman, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.558, 22.429, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.131, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.16, etc.; π. ἀγαθός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 517c; κακός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 271 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεως, πόλεων π., [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.5; ὦ γᾶς πατρίας πολῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 806 (Lyric poetry); π. ὁρίζεται τῷ μετέχειν κρίσεως καὶ ἀρχῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 fellow-citizen (compare πολιήτης), [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 1.14, etc.; Κάδμου π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1; Ἀθηναίων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139; ὑμῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.12; σός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 339e ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: and by a Comedy texts metaphorically, οἴνου π. ὢν κρατίστου [[ 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 36. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II adjective belonging to, connected with one's city or country, θεοὶ πολῖται, ={πολιοῦχοι}, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. δῆμος, ={ὁ τῆς πόλεως}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 574. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]