πολιορκία
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A siege of a city, Hdt.1.81, 190, 5.34, And.1.73, Th.2.78, etc. 2 metaph., besieging, pestering, v. l. in Plu.Sull.25.
German (Pape)
[Seite 655] ἡ, Belagerung einer Stadt; Her. 5, 34; Thuc. 2, 78 u. öfter, wie Plat. Alc. II, 142 a u. Folgde; auch übtr., Plut. Sull. 25.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολιορκία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἔσεσθαι τὴν πολιορκίην Ἡρόδ. 1. 81, 190., 5. 34, Ἀνδοκ. 10. 12, Θουκ. 2. 78, κτλ. 2) μεταφ., ἐνόχλησις, Πλουτ. Σύλλ. 25˙ ἴδε πολιορκέω 2.
