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|Full diacritics=πολῐορκέω
|Medium diacritics=πολιορκέω
|Low diacritics=πολιορκέω
|Capitals=ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ
|Transliteration A=poliorkéō
|Transliteration B=poliorkeō
|Transliteration C=poliorkeo
|Beta Code=poliorke/w
|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ήσω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.12</span>:aor. -ησα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>281</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.61</span>, etc.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.8.5</span>; in med. form <b class="b3">-ήσομαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.34</span>, <span class="bibl">8.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.109</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.15</span>: aor. ἐπολιορκήθην <span class="bibl">Isoc. 6.57</span>: pf. <b class="b3">πεπολιόρκημαι</b> (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">Th.7.75</span>: (πόλις, ἕρκος):—<b class="b2">besiege</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.17</span>,<span class="bibl">154</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>685</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>281</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πολιορκοῦντες</b> <b class="b2">the besiegers</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ κατακεκλειμένοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.40</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be besieged, in a state of siege</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.81</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὑπό τινος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">26</span>; also of a fleet, <b class="b2">to be blockaded</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.142</span>; of Scamander, <b class="b2">to be blocked, dammed back</b>, ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 340a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., π. τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φρόνημα <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>28</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be besieged, pestered</b>, ὑπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν -ούμενοι πολιορκίαν Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 2.142a, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>453a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>6.33</span> (ii B.C.); of a banker, π. περὶ ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>62</span>(a)<span class="bibl">4</span> (iii B.C.): in Medicine, <b class="b2">to be blocked</b>, Dsc.5.6.13.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0655.png Seite 655]] ([[εἴργω]]. [[ἕρκος]]), fut. med. πολιορκήσομαι in passiver Bdtg Her. 5, 34. 8, 49; – eine Stadt einschließen, belagern; Ar. Vesp. 685; Her. 1, 26 u. A.; οὐ δυνάμενοι πολιορκεῖσθαι, d. i. die Belagerung aushalten, Thuc. 3, 52; so auch πολιορκήσεται, 3, 109. Auch τὸ ναυτικὸν ὑπὸ τριήρων πολιορκεῖται, Isocr. 4, 142; u. übertr., ἵνα μὴ ἔρημα τὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου λόγου πολιορκῆται, Plat. Rep. V, 453 a, u. ὑπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν πολιορκούμενοι πολιορκίαν, Alc. II, 142 a; vgl. Xen. Mem. 2, 1, 13. 17; τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις πολιορκεῖσθαι, Plut. Caes. 39.
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