Crossword-Solution: POLIS
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| POLIS | anagram | LIPOS, LIPSO, POILS, PSILO, SPOIL |
We have 24 clues for the answer “POLIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| City ender | 1 answer |
| city Greek for Greek | 1 answer |
| Word element, meaning city. | 1 answer |
| Sparta, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Metro ending | 1 answer |
| Greek city/state in ancient times | 1 answer |
| Greek city Greek for | 1 answer |
| GREEK city (word for) | 1 answer |
| Ending for Anna or Indiana | 1 answer |
| End for "Anna" or "Indiana" | 1 answer |
| City-state in ancient Greece | 1 answer |
| Ancient Greek city-state | 1 answer |
| CITY (comb. form) | 1 answer |
| CITY (Gk.) | 1 answer |
| Suffix meaning "city" | 2 answers |
| GREEK State | 4 answers |
| Greek city-state | 4 answers |
| Greek city | 4 answers |
| DIALECT (VAR.) ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE | 10 answers |
| City-state Greek | 10 answers |
| COIN ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE | 10 answers |
| CITY-STATE, ANCIENT | 10 answers |
| Ancient Greek city-state | 12 answers |
| City | 78 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AREET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with POLIS (5)
Thus we see that the Republic is partly founded on the ideal of the old Greek polis, partly on the actual circumstances of Hellas in that age.
Renewed interest has been aroused in the story of its growth and of its intellectual rivalry with Alexandria since the wonderful discoveries by German archaeologists which have enabled us actually to see this great Ionian capital, and even the "seat of Satan." The illustration here shown is of the famous city, in which you can see the Temple of Athena Polis on the rock, and the amphitheatre.
Clear es a bottle o’ gin, an’ flawless es the pope! Tommy Dartmoor, ye’re in luck, s’ welp me never ef ye ain’t, an’ that’s a brilliant yer can show the polis an’ not get time fer.” Tommy Dartmoor, who owed his surname to a crown establishment within the restraining walls of which he had once enjoyed a temporary residence, growled out a recommendation to “stow that,” and then added, “Boys, we’ll wet this.
The thing referred to in {touto} is the power of fighting in single combat with many at once, which Demaratos is supposed to have claimed for the whole community of the Spartans.] 97 [ {stergein malista}.] 98 [ {oudamoi ko}.] 99 [ Or, "Strauos."] 100 [ Or, "Compsatos."] 101 [ {tas epeirotidas polis}: it is not clear why these are thus distinguished.
For over 2,000 years, this logic has dominated and maintained the structure of society, of the polis, to use Aristotle's term.
Quotes with POLIS (3)
Mister Rob Anybody and sundry others?" said one of the figures in a dreadful voice." There's naebody here o' that name!" shouted Rob Anybody. "We dinna know anythin'!""We have here a list of criminal and civil charges totaling nineteen thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three separate offenses-""We wasna there!" yelled Rob Anybody desperately. "Isn't that right, lads?""-including more than two thousand cases of Making an Affray, Causing a Public Nuisance, Being Found Drunk, Be…
Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.
The good polis is made by the good person, his moral character intact, and the good polis, in turn, helps turn out good persons, their moral character intact.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 35 times in crossword archives (1959–2023).