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πολιορκητικός

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: poliorkētikós Transliteration B: poliorkētikos Transliteration C: poliorkitikos Beta Code: poliorkhtiko/s

English (LSJ)

ή, όν,

   A of or for besieging, αἱ π. ἐπίνοιαι Plb.1.58.4.    II τὰ π. ἔργα siege-works, D.S.20.103; ὄργανα Posidon.36 J., Str.16.1.24.    2 π., τά, title of treatise by Apollodorus of Damascus.

German (Pape)

[Seite 655] ή, όν, zur Städtebelägerung gehörig; ὄργανα, Ath. VI, 273 e; ἐπίνοιαι καὶ βίαι, Pol. 1, 58, 4; τὰ πολιορκητικά, Lehrbuch der Belagerungskunst, Sp. – Adv., Poll. 1, 122.