Πολιορκῆσαι
to besiege
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Feb 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Means] just that the enemy are settled down before the city, but e)kpoliorkh=sai ["to take by siege"] [means] to capture the city completely and to enter [it].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολιορκῆσαι· τὸ μόνον τῇ πόλει προσκαθεσθῆναι πολεμίους, ἐκπολιορκῆσαι δὲ τὸ τελέως καταλαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰσελθεῖν.
Betacode
*poliorkh=sai: to\ mo/non th=| po/lei proskaqesqh=nai polemi/ous, e)kpoliorkh=sai de\ to\ tele/ws katalabei=n th\n po/lin kai\ ei)selqei=n.
Notes
- The headword is aorist active infinitive of
poliorke/w . The entry comes from a scholion on Thucydides 1.94.2, where the third person plural aorist of the compound verbe)kpoliorke/w occurs (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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