ε1228Ἐνέκειντο
they were persisting, they were pressing hard
[Meaning] they were occupying themselves persistently. "If of course anything was lacking, they were seizing it and persisting in the siege."
Ἐνέκειντο· ἐπιμόνως ἠσχολοῦντο. εἰ δή τι ἐλέλειπτο, ἁρπασάμενοι ἐνέκειντο τῇ πολιορκίᾳ.