ἐκπολιόρκησις

Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

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Full diacritics: ἐκπολιόρκησις	Medium diacritics: ἐκπολιόρκησις	Low diacritics: εκπολιόρκησις	Capitals: ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: ekpoliórkēsis	Transliteration B: ekpoliorkēsis	Transliteration C: ekpoliorkisis	Beta Code: e)kpolio/rkhsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, reduction by siege, Glossaria.

-εως, ἡ expugnatio, deuastatio, Gloss.2.292.