ἐκπολιορκέω
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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.