blockade
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
by land: Ar. and P. ἀποτειχίζειν, P. περιτειχίζειν, τειχήρη ποιεῖν.
by sea: P. περιορμεῖν, ἐφορμεῖν (dat.).
besiege: Ar. and P. πολιορκεῖν, P. προσκαθῆσθαι, περικαθῆσθαι; see besiege.
substantive
by a wall: P. περιτείχισις, ἡ, ἀποτείχισις, ἡ.
by sea: P. ἐφόρμησις, ἡ, ἔφορμος, ὁ.
keeping watch: P. and V. φυλακή, ἡ.
block-ading lines, circumvallation: P. ἀποτείχισμα, τό, περιτείχισμα, τό.
