πόλις,
Ep. also πτόλις (found sts. in Trag. etc., v. πτόλις ), ἡ: Ep. forms, acc. sg. πόληα Hes. Sc. 105, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.62; gen. πόλιος or πτόλιος, Il. 2.811, 4.514, al., πόληος 16.395, al. (also Thgn. 757 ), πόλεος Il. 21.567; dat. πόλει 5.686, al., πτόλεϊ 17.152, πόληϊ 3.50 (also Tyrt. 12.15 ): pl., nom. πόλιες Od. 15.412, πόληες Il. 4.45; gen. πολίων 1.125, al.; dat. πολίεσσι Od. 21.252; acc. πόλεις Il. 2.648, al., πόληας Od. 17.486, Call. Fr. 9.70 P.(scanned IG 12.826), πόλιας (disyll.) Od. 8.560, 574, (trisyll.) Il. 4.308 (s.v.l., πόλεας Aristarch. ): Ion. forms, gen. πόλεως IG 12(8).356 ( Thasos ), GDI 5653a13 ( Chios ), etc., also Xenoph. 2.9, 22, v.l. in Thgn. 1043; written πόλειως GDI 5532.19 ( Zeleia ); πόλεος ib.5339.41 (Orop.), IG 12(7).103 ( Amorgos ), Thgn. 776, etc., πόλιος Hdt. 1.26, al., Herod. 2.8, al., πόληος Thgn. (v. supr.), cj. in Hippon. 47, cf. An.Ox. 1.361; dat. mostly πόλει, but πόλῑ Hdt. 2.60, al., πόληϊ (or -ῃ ) SIG 169.3 (lasos, iv B.C. ): pl., usu. πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι, but in Hdt. πόλιες 1.142, al., πολίων ib. 6, al., πόλισι ib. 151, al.; acc. πόλῑς 2.177,al., πόλιας 1.142, 2.102, al.: Dor. gen. sg. πόλιος SIG 615.3 (Delph., ii B.C. ); dat. sg. πόλι IG 4.839 (Calaurea, iv B.C. ); dat. pl. πολίεσι Pi. P. 7.8; πολίεσσι Foed.Lac. ap. Th. 5.77 (v.l. πολίεσι ), 79, IG 42(1).74.4 (Epid., iii B.C. ); Cret. πόλιθι GDI 5019.3: Aeol. gen. πόλιος IG 12(2).526a8 ( πόληος is an Epicism in Alc. Supp. 17.6); gen. pl. πολίων IG 11(4).1064b20; dat. pl. πολίεσσι ib. 12(2).1.6: Trag., gen. πόλεως disyll. (as also in Com., exc. Ar. Eq. 763 ), thrice πόλεος A. Ag. 1167 (lyr.), S. Ant. 162, E. Or. 897: - Att. Inscrr. earlier than 350 B.C. sts. have dat. sg. πόλῃ, IG 12.108.35,22.17.10,42.5, 53.7; Att. dual πόλη Isoc. 8.116, πόλη or πόλει Aeschin. Socr. 8 (where Choerob. cites both forms, in Theod. 1.314, 136 H.); gen. τοῖν πολέοιν Isoc. 4.73: Elean nom. sg. πόλερ Schwyzer 425.16; gen. πόλιορ ib.20 (iii/ii B.C.): - city, Hom. ll.cc., Hes. Sc. 270, etc.; π. ἄκρη, ἀκροτάτη, = ἀκρόπολις, the citadel, Il. 6.88, 20.52; 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. Th. 2.15; ἐν πόλει in treaties, Id. 5.23, 47, cf. IG 12.372.1, Ar. Lys. 245, 758; ἐς πόλιν IG 12.91.4; πρὸς πόλιν Ar. Lys. 288 (lyr.); ἐκ πόλεως Id. Eq. 1093; but ἐν τῇ πόλει X. An. 7.1.27, dub. in Antipho 6.39; so Ἰνάχου π. the citadel of Argos, E. Fr. 228.6; of the Cadmea at Thebes, Plu. Pel. 18, cf. Str. 8.6.8; of Alexandria, Eust. 239.13; π. ἡ ἁγία, of Jerusalem, LXX [Neh 11:1]: with the name of the city added in gen., Ἰλίου π., Ἄργους π., the city of . ., A. Ag. 29, Ar. Eq. 813; also in appos., ἡ Μένδη π. Th. 4.130; ἡ π. οἱ Ταρσοί X. An. 1.2.26 .
2. one’s city or country, πόθι τοι π. ἠδὲ τοκῆες; Od. 1.170, etc., cf. πόλιν· τὴν χώραν, Hsch.
3. ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως city governor, OGI 113.3,134.2, al.(Cyprus, ii B.C. ), Plb. 5.39.3: without Art., ἐπὶ πόλιος IG 7.2809.2 (Hyettus, iii B.C. ), etc.; ἐπὶ πόλεως ib.299.1 (Oropus. iii B.C. ); στρατηγὸς πόλεως OGI 743 ( Ptol. ); στρατηγὸς τῆς π. BGU 729.1 (ii A.D.); στρατηγὸς κατὰ πόλιν, = Lat. praetor urbanus, IG 14.951.2 (Rome, i B.C. ).
II country, as dependent on and called after its city, ἀνθρώπων οἳ τήνδε π. καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν Od. 6.177, cf. Hes. Sc. 380, S. OC 1533 . etc.; esp. of islands peopled by men, Αῆμνον π. Θόαντος Il. 14.230; π. Αἴαντος, = Σαλαμίς, Pi. I. 5(4).48, etc.; περιρρύτας π. A. Eu. 77, cf. E. Ion 294, Ar. Pax 251 (v. Sch.); also διώχληκε π. πολλὰς . ., Σικελίαν, Ἰταλίαν, Πελοπόννησον, Θετταλίαν κτλ. Lys. 6.6, cf. Str. 8.3.31 .
III community or body of citizens (opp. ἄστυ, their dwellings, Il. 17.144, but in δῆμός τε π. τε Od. 11.14, π. denotes the town ), ὧν π. ἀνάριθμος ὄλλυται S. OT 179 (lyr.): hence,
2. state or community, ξύμπασα π. κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπηύρα Hes. Op. 240, cf. Pi. P. 2.88, S. OT 22, E. Ph. 947, etc.; π. ἄνδρα διδάσκει Simon. 67; esp. free state, republic, S. Ant. 738 (cf. 734 ), X. Cyr. 8.2.28, Arist. Pol. 1276a23; τὰ τῆς π. state affairs, government, Pl. Prt. 319a; π. ἡ γενῶν καὶ κωμῶν κοινωνία ζωῆς τελείας καὶ αὐτάρκους Arist. Pol. 1280b40; τὴν π. φεύγειν shun one’s public duties, D. 45.66; assembly of citizens, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 ( Locr., v B. C. ).
3. rights of citizenship, Ar. Ra. 718, D. 21.106 . πόλιν παίζειν, a game resembling backgammon, Cratin. 56, perh. alluded to in Pl. R. 422e . (Cf. Skt. pûr, Lith. pilìs ’fortrees’.)
G4172 — πόλις
πολισεως, ἡ (πέλομαι, to dwell (or rather denoting originally 'fullness,' 'throng'; allied with Latinpleo, plebs, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 79 and § 374; Vanicek, p. 499; (otherwise Fick 1:138))) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for עִיר, besides for קִרְיָה, שַׁעַר (gate), etc., a city;
a. universally, [Mat 2:23]; [Mar 1:45]; [Luk 4:29]; [Joh 11:54]; [Act 5:16], and very often in the historical books of the N. T.; κατά τήν πόλιν, through the city (A. V. in; see κατά, II. 1 a.), [Act 24:12]; κατά πόλιν, κατά πόλεις, see κατά, II. 3a. α., p. 328a; opposed to κῶμαι, [Mat 9:35]; [Mat 10:11]; [Luk 8:1]; [Luk 13:22]; to κῶμαι καί ἀγροί, [Mar 6:56]; ἡ ἰδίᾳ πόλις, see ἴδιος, 1b., p. 297a; πόλις with the genitive of a person one's native city, [Luk 2:4], [Luk 2:11]; [Joh 1:44](45); or the city in which one lives, [Mat 22:7]; [Luk 4:29]; [Luk 10:11]; [Act 16:20]; [Rev 16:19]; Jerusalem is called, on account of the temple erected there, πόλις τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, i. e. in which the great King of Israel, Jehovah, has his abode, [Mat 5:35]; [Psa 47:2], cf. Tobit 13:15; also ἅγια πόλις (see ἅγιος, 1 a., p. 7a) and ἡ ἠγαπημένη, the beloved of God, [Rev 20:9]. with the genitive of a gentile noun: Δαμασκηνῶν, [2Co 11:32]; Ἐφεσίων, [Act 19:35]; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, [Luk 23:51]; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, [Mat 10:23]; Σαμαρειτῶν, [Mat 10:5]; with the genitive of a region: τῆς Γαλιλαίας, [Luk 1:26]; [Luk 4:31]; Ιουδα, of the tribe of Judah, [Luk 1:39]; Λυκαονίας, [Act 14:6]; Κιλικίας, [Act 21:39]; τῆς Σαμαρείας, [Joh 4:5]; [Act 8:5]. As in classical Greek the proper name of the city is added — either in the nominative case, as πόλις Ἰόππη, [Act 11:5]; or in the genitive, as πόλις Σοδομων, Γομορρας, [2Pe 2:6]; Θυατείρων, [Act 16:14].
b. used of the heavenly Jerusalem (see Ἱεροσόλυμα, 2), i. e. α. the abode of the blessed, in heaven: [Heb 11:10], [Heb 11:16]; with Θεοῦ ζῶντος added, [Heb 12:22]; ἡ μελλουσα πόλις, [Heb 13:14]. β. in the visions of the Apocalypse it is used of the visible capital of the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world: [Rev 3:12]; [Rev 21:14]ff; 22:14; ἡ πόλις ἡ ἅγια, [Rev 22:19]; with Ἱερουσαλήμ καινή added, [Rev 21:2].
c. πόλις by metonymy, for the inhabitants: [Mat 8:34]; [Act 14:21]; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις, [Mat 21:10]; [Act 13:44]; ἡ πόλις ὅλῃ, [Mar 1:33]; [Act 21:30]; πόλις μερισθεῖσα καθ' ἑαυτῆς, [Mat 12:25].
πόλις , - εως , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly and very freq . for H5892;]
a city: [Mat 2:23], [Mar 1:4], [Luk 4:29], [Joh 4:8], al. mult.; opp . to κῶμαι ( κ . καὶ ἀγροί ), [Mat 9:35]; [Mat 10:11], [Mar 6:56], [Luk 8:1]; [Luk 13:22]; c . nom . propr. in appos. ( cl .), [Act 11:5]; [Act 16:14]; c . id . in gen . appos. (Bl., § 35, 5), Act 8:5 , [2Pe 2:6]; gen ., of the region, [Luk 1:26]; [Luk 4:31], [Joh 4:5]; of the inhabitants, [Mat 10:5]; [Mat 10:28], [Luk 23:51], [Act 19:35], [2Co 11:32]; c . gen . pers ., of one's residence or native place, [Mat 22:7], [Luk 2:4]; [Luk 2:11]; [Luk 4:29]; [Luk 10:11], [Joh 1:45], [Act 16:20], [Rev 16:9]; of Jerusalem: ἡ ἁγία Papyri, [Mat 4:5]; [Mat 27:53], [Rev 11:2]; ἡ ἠγαπημένη , Rev 20:19; Papyri τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως , [Mat 5:35] ( cf. [Psa 48:2]; of the heavenly city in the Apocalyptic visions, [Rev 3:12]; [Rev 21:2]; [Rev 21:10]; [Rev 21:14] ff . [Rev 22:14]; [Rev 22:19]. By meton ., of the inhabitants of a city: [Mat 8:34]; [Mat 12:25]; [Mat 21:10], [Mar 1:33], [Act 14:21]; [Act 21:30].