ἐκπολεμ-έω,
provoke to war, ἵν᾽ ἐκπολεμήσειε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.20 (codices and 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, ἐκπεπολεμῆσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 5.35. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II go to war with, [[ LXX.Deu.20.10, +others ] LXX]