περικαθίζω
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 (LSJ)
A cause to sit around or over, Hp.Mul.1.51. 2 π. στρατὸν τῇ πόλει invest a city, J.AJ8.14.1, cf. 13.5.5. II intr., sit round, τῇ πυρᾷ Max.Tyr.27.6, cf. Ach.Tat.3.5, Orib.Eup.4.113.4 : but usu. besiege, φρούριον Wilcken Chr.11 B 10 (ii B.C.); τὸ τεῖχος v.l. in D.S.20.103; π. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλιν App.Hisp.53 ; περὶ or ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, LXX 1 Ma.11.61, 4 Ki.6.24 : abs., J.AJ12.8.1, al. III Med., invest, περικαθεζόμενοι (aor. part.) τὸ τεῖχος D.59.102 ; τὴν πόλιν περικαθισάμενος Memn.45.1 : intr. in pass. form, περικαθεσθέντες having sat down round about, Luc.VH1.23, S.E.P.3.232 : pres.inf.περικαθέζεσθαι, = obsidere, Gloss.
