ἐκπολιορκ-έω · ekpoliork-eō — LSJ
force a besieged town to surrender, force to capitulate
The corpus record
ἐκπολιορκ-έω
ekpoliorkeo
force a besieged town to surrender, force to capitulate
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Distribution
- Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
- Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
- On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
- Plataicus 1 · 3.14/10k
- Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 2 · 1.5/10k
- On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- To Philip 1 · 1.14/10k
- Panegyricus 1 · 0.93/10k
- History 11 · 0.74/10k
- Panathenaicus 1 · 0.63/10k
- Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- ἐκπολιορκῆται · ekpoliorkētai Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1536)
- ἐξεπολιόρκησαν · exepoliorkēsan Thucydides, History 1.94.2 (DIORISIS sentence 598)
- ἐξεπολιορκήθησαν · exepoliorkēthēsan Thucydides, History 1.117.3 (DIORISIS sentence 730)
- ἐκπολιορκηθεὶς · ekpoliorkētheis Thucydides, History 1.131.1 (DIORISIS sentence 826)
- ἐξεπολιόρκησαν · exepoliorkēsan Thucydides, History 1.134.2 (DIORISIS sentence 841)
- ἐκπολιορκῆσαι · ekpoliorkēsai Thucydides, History 3.94.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2373)
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