2. Noun. A city, or a city-state. ¹
3. Noun. (context: uncountable Geordie) The police. ¹
4. Noun. (context: countable Geordie) A policeman or policewoman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polis
1. an ancient Greek city-state [n -LEIS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polis
Literary usage of Polis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"Was it therefore at polis 1 Thus much may be said in its favour: the ruins on
the woody hill rising to the north of polis are of much ruder and more ..."
2. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"Was it therefore at polis ? Thus much may be said in its favour: the ruins on
the woody hill rising to the north of polis are of much ruder and more ancient ..."
3. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"If this is a true produce tax paid in kind, in which the polis is taking 83% of
the harvest from Athenian farmers on the islands ..."
4. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"Earlier, at the time of the auction, the polis will collect ... the polis explicitly
establishes its right to exact grain from all six members individually ..."
5. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"If this is a true produce tax paid in kind, in which the polis is taking 8^% of
the harvest from Athenian farmers on the islands, ..."
6. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"Earlier, at the time of the auction, the polis will collect ... the polis explicitly
establishes its right to exact grain from all six members individually ..."
7. The Athenian Grain-tax Law of 374/3 B.C. by Ronald S. Stroud (1998)
"In the commentary I have tried to show that the lawgiver cast a long section of
his law in the form of a contract between the polis and the ..."
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