πολιορκέω

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Οὐ λύσῃς, ὦ ξένε, τόν ἐν τῆ οἰκία φίλον; (Ου λύσης, ω ξένε, τον εν τη οικία φίλον) → Won't you release the friend?

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Transliteration A: poliorkéō Transliteration B: poliorkeō Transliteration C: poliorkeo Beta Code: poliorke/w

English (LSJ)

fut.

   A -ήσω X.Cyr.7.5.12:aor. -ησα Ar.Lys.281, Th.1.61, etc.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι X.HG4.8.5; in med. form -ήσομαι, Hdt. 5.34, 8.49, Th.3.109, X.HG7.5.18, 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, UPZ6.33 (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.