πολεμιστής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πτολεμιστής (ptolemistḗs) — Epic

Etymology

From πολεμίζω (polemízō) +‎ -ιστής (-istḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.le.mis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /po.le.misˈtis/ → /po.le.misˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.le.mis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.le.misˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.le.misˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.le.misˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.le.misˈtis/

Noun

πολεμιστής • (polemistḗs) m (genitive πολεμιστοῦ); first declension

1. warrior, fighter

Declension

First declension of ὁ πολεμῐστής; τοῦ πολεμῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πολεμῐστής ho polemistḗs	τὼ πολεμῐστᾱ́ tṑ polemistā́	οἱ πολεμῐσταί hoi polemistaí
Genitive	τοῦ πολεμῐστοῦ toû polemistoû	τοῖν πολεμῐσταῖν toîn polemistaîn	τῶν πολεμῐστῶν tôn polemistôn
Dative	τῷ πολεμῐστῇ tôi polemistêi	τοῖν πολεμῐσταῖν toîn polemistaîn	τοῖς πολεμῐσταῖς toîs polemistaîs
Accusative	τὸν πολεμῐστήν tòn polemistḗn	τὼ πολεμῐστᾱ́ tṑ polemistā́	τοὺς πολεμῐστᾱ́ς toùs polemistā́s
Vocative	πολεμῐστᾰ́ polemistá	πολεμῐστᾱ́ polemistā́	πολεμῐσταί polemistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πόλεμος (pólemos)

Descendants

• Greek: πολεμιστής (polemistís)

Further reading

• “πολεμιστής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πολεμιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πολεμιστής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πολεμιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολεμιστής (polemistḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.le.misˈtis/

Noun

πολεμιστής • (polemistís) m (plural πολεμιστές)

1. warrior, fighter