1. of or for war , (Thucydides); ἀσπὶς πολεμικωτάτη most fit for service , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη); the art of war, war , (Plato Philosophus): —; τὰ πολεμικά warlike exercises , (Thucydides)

3. τὸ πολεμικόν the signal for battle , (Xenophon Historicus)

4. the military class , opposite to the civilian, (Aristotle Philosopher)

5. of persons, skilled in war, warlike , (Thucydides), etc.

6. like an enemy, stirring up hostility , (Xenophon Historicus):—;adverb, πολεμικῶς ἔχειν to be hostile , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)