The Greek word πτόλεμος
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| IPA | pto.lemoς |
| Meaning | war |
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Homeric Greek: πτολεμίζω
‘wage war with’ Ancient Macedonian: Πτολεμαίος ‘personal name’ Attic Greek: πόλεμος ‘war’ Ancient Macedonian: Νεοπτόλεμος ‘personal name’ |
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Attested in many local dialects of Greece: Lesbos, Aetolia, Crete, Corfu etc. Also Macedonian-Epirotan names like Πτολεμαίος and Νεοπτόλεμος. |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ἄορ ‘sword’, ἄορ ‘sword’ | |