πολῐορκ-έω · poliork-eō — LSJ
besiege, the besiegers, to be besieged, in a state of siege
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πολῐορκ-έω
poliorkeo
besiege, the besiegers, to be besieged, in a state of siege
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Distribution
- First Olynthiac 2 · 10.98/10k
- Against The Corn-Dealers 1 · 8.9/10k
- Archidamus 5 · 8.16/10k
- Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
- Hellenica 34 · 5.17/10k
- Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 1 · 4.96/10k
- On the Chersonese 2 · 4.74/10k
- Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
- On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
- Agesilaus 3 · 4.08/10k
- The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
- History 59 · 3.95/10k
Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- πολιορκῆται · poliorkētai Plato, Republic 5.453 (DIORISIS sentence 2854)
- πολιορκεῖσθαι · poliorkeisthai Epictetus, Discourses 1.25 (DIORISIS sentence 1325)
- πολιορκούντων · poliorkountōn Epictetus, Discourses 4.5 (DIORISIS sentence 6586)
- ἐπολιόρκεε · epoliorkee Herodotus, Histories 1.17.1 (DIORISIS sentence 110)
- πολιορκεόμενοι · poliorkeomenoi Herodotus, Histories 1.26.2 (DIORISIS sentence 164)
- ἐπολιορκέετο · epoliorkeeto Herodotus, Histories 1.26.2 (DIORISIS sentence 165)
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