A.= πόλις, Il.2.130, etc. (not Aeol., but an Epicism in Sapph.Supp.20a.12); also in Trag. (not S.) lyr., A.Th.114,843, E.Tr.556, (in dialogue) A.Th.6, Eu.79, E.Hec.767, Andr.699; found in Cypr., Inscr.Cypr.135.1 H., cf. Heraclid. ap. Eust.842.63, Sch.Il. 23.1; also Arc. as the old name of Mantinea, Paus.8.12.7; once in Ion. Prose, Hp.Medic.14; in ll. cc. only nom. and acc. sg. (πτόλις, πτόλιν) are found; gen. sg. “πτόλεως” Hermesian.7.72 cod.; Cypr. dat. sg. “πτόλιϝι” Inscr.Cypr.135.6H.—Expld. by ναῦγος ἢ πόλις, Hsch.
πτόλις , ἡ, Ep.,