πολιορκέω
πολῐορκ-έω, fut.
A). -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 .
ShortDef
to hem in a city, blockade, beleaguer, besiege
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
πολιορκεω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πολῐορκ-έω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ήσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.12 </a> :aor. <span class="quote greek">-ησα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:281" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:281/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 281 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.61 </a>, etc.:— Pass., fut. <span class="quote greek">-ηθήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.8.5 </a> ; in med. form <span class="foreign greek">-ήσομαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.49/canonical-url/"> 8.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.109 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.5.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.15 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐπολιορκήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 6.57 </a> : pf. <span class="foreign greek">πεπολιόρκημαι </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐκ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.75 </a>:(<span class="etym greek">πόλις, ἕρκος</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">besiege,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.17 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:154/canonical-url/"> 154 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:685" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:685/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 685 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:281" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:281/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 281 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ πολιορκοῦντες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the besiegers,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κατακεκλειμένοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 6.40 </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be besieged, in a state of siege,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.81 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">ὑπό τινος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> 26 </a>; also of a fleet, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be blockaded,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.142 </a>; of Scamander, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be blocked, dammed back,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:340a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:340a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 340a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="quote greek">π. τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φρόνημα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg023:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg023:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 28 </a> :— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be besieged, pestered,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν -ούμενοι πολιορκίαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2.142a </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:453a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:453a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 453a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.1.13 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 6.33 </span> (ii B.C.); of a banker, <span class="quote greek">π. περὶ ἀργυρίου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 62 </span> (a)<span class="bibl"> 4 </span> (iii B.C.): in Medicine, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be blocked,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.6.13 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}