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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[build a fort]] or [[stronghold on the frontier]] of the enemy's country to serve as the basis of operations [[against]] him, abs., <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>,<span class="bibl">7.47</span>; ἐ. [Δεκέλειαν] τῇ πατρίδι <span class="bibl">And.1.101</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.14.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 23</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. [ἐν</b> add.codd.] τῷ Φλιοῦντι τὸ.. Τρικάρανον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.2.1</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">5.1.2</span>; and in Pass., Δεκελείας. ἐπιτετειχισμένης <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.76</span> : metaph., <b class="b3">ἐ. τυράννους ἐν χώρᾳ</b> [[plant]] them [[like such forts]] in a country, <span class="bibl">D.10.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.36</span>; so τῷ πλούτῳ τὴν ὑπεροψίαν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>23</span>; ἐ. [τινὰ] τῇ συνωμοσίᾳ.. πολέμιον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>20</span>.</span>