πολεμ-ικός, ή, όν,
of or for war, οἱ π. κίνδυνοι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγῶνες π., opposed to εἰρηνικοί, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729d; βίος [prev. work] 829a; πλοῖα, ὅπλα, [prev. work] 706b, 944e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλκῆν ἀσπίδα -ωτάτην εἶναι most fit for service, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.3; χρεία “OGI” 54.13 (Egypt, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνη καὶ ἐπιστήμη π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 522c, compare “Lg.” 639b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη) the art of war, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 222c, etc.] Refs]; τὰ -κά warlike exercises, τὰ π ἄλκιμος (variant{πολέμια}) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4; τὰ π. ἀσκεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.18, “Cyr.” 1.5.9; αἱ τῶν π. μελέται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39, compare 89 (variant). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 τὸ -κόν signal for battle (παιὼν π. in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 348b), ἐπειδὰν ὁ σαλπικτὴς σημήνῃ τὸ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.29, cf. Aen. Tact. 4.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνέκραγε πολεμικόν gave a war-shout, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of an air on the flute, Tryphoap.[[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.618c. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b fighting part of the people, opposed to civilians, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291a26, 1329a2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II of persons, skilled in war, warlike, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 522e, “Lg.” 643c, etc.: distinguished from φιλοπόλεμος, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.1; also ἵπποι π. [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.5.62; τὸ π. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]warlike spirit, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.27 K. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]