πόλεμος
Alt. πόλεμος, epicπτόλεμος, ὁ,
"battle, fight, war", Hom., etc.; πόλεμον αἴρεσθαί τινι to levy "war" against another, Aesch.; π. θέσθαι τινί Eur.; π. ἀναιρεῖσθαι, κινεῖν, ἐγείρειν, καθιστάναι, ἐπάγειν to begin "a war;" π. ποιεῖσθαι to make "war, —" opp. to π. ἀναπαύειν, καταλύεσθαι to put an end to it, make peace, all in attic