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English (LSJ)
A force a besieged town to surrender, force to capitulate, Th.1.94,134, X.HG2.4.3, etc. : metaph. of argument, ἐ. τινὰ λόγῳ ChioEp.10 :—Pass., to be forced to surrender, Th.1.117 ; ἐκ Βυζαντίου ἐκπολιορκηθείς ib.131, cf. Inscr.Prien.37.112 ; ὑπὸ τῶν τυράννων Arist.Ath.19.3 : metaph., ἐκπολιορκηθέντος τοῦ σώματος ὑπὸ μακρᾶς νόσου Diog.Oen.39.
