πολεμ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ,
Epic dialect πτολ- [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.132 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— warrior, [[[prev. work] 5.602, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.27, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later Prose, [[ LXX.Deu.2.14, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.2.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.2.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.283. ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II π. ἵππος war-horse, charger, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.41 (_plural_), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.29, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 20 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἵπποι π. are probably racehorses trapped as chargers, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.51, compare “IG” 22.2316.29, “SIG” 697 H 3 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. (which see) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]