ἐφορμέω

English (LSJ)

Ion. ἐπ-,

   A lie moored at or over against a place, blockade it, λαθὼν τοὺς ἐπορμέοντας having escaped the blockading fleet, Hdt.8.81, cf. Th.8.75, X.An.7.6.25; πεζῇ τε καὶ ναυσὶν ἐ. Th.4.24: c. dat., ἐ. τῷ λιμένι Id.7.3, cf. 3.31; ἐπὶ τῇ Μιλήτῳ Id.8.30; ἐπὶ τῷ λιμένι X.HG6.2.7; ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος Plb. 1.46.5: c. acc., ἐ. ναυσὶ τὴν ἀκτήν App.BC5.72: generally, lie by and watch, S.OC812; ἐ. τοῖς καιροῖς D.3.7; rely on, εἰκόσι καὶ πιθανοῖς Ph. 2.413,al.:—Pass., to be blockaded, Th.1.142, 8.20.