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πολιορκέω

πολιορκέω, πολιορκέω, besiege

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πολιορκέουσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of πολιορκέω

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πολῐορκ-έω, fut. -ήσω X. Cyr. 7.5.12:aor. -ησα Ar. Lys. 281, Th. 1.61, etc.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι X. HG 4.8.5; in med. form -ήσομαι, Hdt. 5.34, 8.49, Th. 3.109, X. HG 7.5.18, Cyr. 6.1.15: aor. ἐπολιορκήθην Isoc. 6.57: pf. πεπολιόρκημαι (ἐκ-) Th. 7.75: (πόλις, ἕρκος):—
  • besiege, Hdt. 1.17, 154, Ar. V. 685, Lys. 281, etc.; οἱ πολιορκοῦντες the besiegers, opp. οἱ κατακεκλειμένοι, Isoc. 6.40:—Pass., to be besieged, in a state of siege, Hdt. 1.81, al.; ὑπό τινος ib. 26; also of a fleet, to be blockaded, Isoc. 4.142; of Scamander, to be blocked, dammed back, ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως Pl. Prt. 340a.
      • 2 metaph., π. τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φρόνημα Porph. Chr. 28:—Pass., to be besieged, pestered, ὑπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν -ούμενοι πολιορκίαν Pl. Alc. 2.142a, cf. R. 453a, X. Mem. 2.1.13, UPZ 6.33 (ii B.C.); of a banker, π. περὶ ἀργυρίου PCair.Zen. 62 (a)4 (iii B.C.): in Medicine, to be blocked, Dsc. 5.6.13.

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