πολεμ-όομαι

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `battle, war' (Il.).

Other forms: ep. also πτόλεμος.

Dialectal forms: Myc. euru-potoremojo \/ Ευρυ-πτολεμοιο\/.

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πολέμ-αρχος m. "warlord", name of an official (IA., Dor.), φιλο-π(τ)όλεμος `friend of battles, warlike' (Il.).

Derivatives: A. Several adj.: 1. πολέμ-ιος `militant, hostile', also subst. `enemy' (Pi., IA.); 2. -ήϊος `belonging to battle, war' (ep. Il.); metr. condit., prob. after Άρήϊος (Trümpy Fachausdrücke 134 w. lit.); 3. - ικός `belonging to war, militant, hostile' (Hdt. 3, 4 as v. l., Att.; Chantraine Études 123 etc.); 4. - ώδης `id.' (Olymp. in Grg.). B. Verbs: 1. πολεμ-έω, often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, κατα-, ἐκ-, `to battle, to fight a war' (IA.) with - ήτωρ (Antioch. Astr.), - ητής (Gytheion III^p) m. `fighter, warrior', - ητήριον n. `military base, operation base, headquarters' (Plb.); διαπολέμ-ησις f. `ending of the war' (Th.). 2. πολεμ-ίζω ( πτολ-) `to fight' (ep. Il.; metr. for - έω, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 95) with - ιστής m. `fighter, warrior' (ep. Il.), f. - ίστρια (Heraclit. Ep.), - ιστρίς (Tz.), - ιστήριος `belonging to warriors' (IA.). 3. πολεμ-όομαι, - όω, also w. ἐκ- a.o., `to become enemies' (Hdt., Th., X.) with ἐκπολέμ-ωσις f. `the becoming enemies' (Plu.). 4. Desid. πολεμ-ησείω `to wish for war' (Th., D. C.). -- PN, e.g. Πολέμων, from where the plantname πολεμώνιον (Dsc.), s. Strömberg Pfl. 135; Πτολεμαῖος.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Orig. meaning `battle' (beside μάχομαι `fight'), from which (already in Homer) `continuing conflict, war' (beside μάχη `fight'); on this and on other synonyms Trümpy Fachausdr. 122 ff., Porzig Satzinhalte 78 f. On the variation of initial πτ-: π- s. Schwyzer 325 w. lit., also Trümpy 131 ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 75f., Merlingen Μνήμης χάριν 2, 55 f. (cf. also on πόλις); it certainly goes back on a Pre-Greek phenomenon. -- Formally connection is recommended with πελεμίζω `shake, tremble' (Curtius 268 w. older lit.); attempt for a factual argumentation in Kretschmer Glotta 12, 54 ff. ( πόλεμος prop. `exertion, labour' from πελεμίζω `to exert oneself, take trouble[ ?]'; serious objections by Trümpy l.c.); πόλεμος orig. from throwing the lance? Both the noun to be assumed for πελεμίζω and πόλεμος contain a primary μ-suffix and go back on a verbal form cognate with πάλλω. [An idea for which I see no arguments.] -- More on the notion πόλεμος in D. Loenen Polemos. Een studie over oorlog in de griekse oudheid (MAc.Wet.Neth. N. R. 16:3; Amsterdam 1953). -- Pre-Greek origin, then, is obvious (Furnée 317).

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