προσκαθῆσθαι
From LSJ
Πολλῶν ὁ καιρὸς γίγνεται διδάσκαλος → Rebus magistra plurimis occasio → Zum Lehrer wird für viele die Gelegenheit
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also κάθημαι): besiege, sit down before a town
Lexicon Thucydideum
obsidere, perseverare in obsidione, to besiege, persevere in the siege, 4.130.2, 6.89.6. 7.47.4. 7.48.2, 7.48.6. 7.49.2, 8.11.2. [praeterea vulgo moreover in the common texts 8.76.5, ubi nunc where now προκαθημένους.]