siege
siege
subs.
P. πολιορκία, ἡ.
Lay siege to: P. πολιορκεῖν (acc.)
Met, use seek. Take by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (acc.).
An equal number of whom saw the siege out: P. ὧν οὐκ ἐλάσσονες διεπολιόρκησαν (Thuc. 3.17).
They were thought to be skilful at siege operations: P. τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοί εἶναι (Thuc. 1.102).
Leisurely engaged in siege operations: P. καθʼ ἡσυχίαν τειχομαχοῦντες (Thuc. 8.103).
subs.
P. πολιορκία, ἡ.
Lay siege to: P. πολιορκεῖν (acc.)
Met, use seek. Take by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (acc.).
An equal number of whom saw the siege out: P. ὧν οὐκ ἐλάσσονες διεπολιόρκησαν (Thuc. 3.17).
They were thought to be skilful at siege operations: P. τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοί εἶναι (Thuc. 1.102).
Leisurely engaged in siege operations: P. καθʼ ἡσυχίαν τειχομαχοῦντες (Thuc. 8.103).
SIEGE
obsessio: obsidio: circumsessio: conclusio (a shutting in blockade; obsessio also figuratively. ☞ Obsidium is not found in classical prose): oppugnatio (a storming; ☞ not to be confounded with expugnatio; i.e. a taking by storm). Of or belonging to a siege obsidionalis; oppugnatorius: a protracted siege longinqua obsidio; diuturna conclusio: to make preparation for a siege administrare quae ad obsidionem or oppugnationem pertinent: to commence a siege obsidionem or oppugnationem loco infene; oppugnationem incipere (☞ obsidia urbium capessere Tac. Ann. 12 15 extr. is poetical): to lay siege to obsidere; circum sedere; obsidionem (urbi) inferre; in obsidione habere or tenere; obsidione claudere premere; operibus cingere; operibus claudere omnique commeatu privare (all these to shut in blockade (περι- προσ-)καθῆσθαι; the first two also figuratively); oppugnare; oppugnatione premere; opera (urbi) admovere (to storm πολιορκεῖν προσβάλλειν); circumsistere (figuratively to lay siege to anybody): to lay siege to on all sides corona cingere circumdare; corona (moenia) aggredi; circumvallare (to surround with a line of circumvallation a town etc.; the latter also an enemy): to maintain a siege in obsidione urbis perseverare: to protract a siege obsidionem in longius trahere; haerere circa muros urbis: to raise a siege obsidionem (oppugnationem) omittere or relinquere; obsidione (oppugnatione) desistere: ab oppugnatione discedere; oppido abscedere: to deliver or relieve from a siege obsidione liberare or solvere; (ex) obsidione eximere: to endure or stand a siege obsidionem tolerare ferre pati: to take a town by siege urbem obsidione capere; obsidione expugnare oppidum: after a long and fruitless siege they retired from the citadel ab arce cum diu nequidquam oppugnata esset recessum est: the town was taken after a siege of seven months urbs septimo mense quam oppugnari coepta est capta est (Curt. 4 4 19): to turn a siege into a blockade consilia ab oppugnanda urbe in obsidendam vertere.
obsessio: obsidio: circumsessio: conclusio (a shutting in blockade; obsessio also figuratively. ☞ Obsidium is not found in classical prose): oppugnatio (a storming; ☞ not to be confounded with expugnatio; i.e. a taking by storm). Of or belonging to a siege obsidionalis; oppugnatorius: a protracted siege longinqua obsidio; diuturna conclusio: to make preparation for a siege administrare quae ad obsidionem or oppugnationem pertinent: to commence a siege obsidionem or oppugnationem loco infene; oppugnationem incipere (☞ obsidia urbium capessere Tac. Ann. 12 15 extr. is poetical): to lay siege to obsidere; circum sedere; obsidionem (urbi) inferre; in obsidione habere or tenere; obsidione claudere premere; operibus cingere; operibus claudere omnique commeatu privare (all these to shut in blockade (περι- προσ-)καθῆσθαι; the first two also figuratively); oppugnare; oppugnatione premere; opera (urbi) admovere (to storm πολιορκεῖν προσβάλλειν); circumsistere (figuratively to lay siege to anybody): to lay siege to on all sides corona cingere circumdare; corona (moenia) aggredi; circumvallare (to surround with a line of circumvallation a town etc.; the latter also an enemy): to maintain a siege in obsidione urbis perseverare: to protract a siege obsidionem in longius trahere; haerere circa muros urbis: to raise a siege obsidionem (oppugnationem) omittere or relinquere; obsidione (oppugnatione) desistere: ab oppugnatione discedere; oppido abscedere: to deliver or relieve from a siege obsidione liberare or solvere; (ex) obsidione eximere: to endure or stand a siege obsidionem tolerare ferre pati: to take a town by siege urbem obsidione capere; obsidione expugnare oppidum: after a long and fruitless siege they retired from the citadel ab arce cum diu nequidquam oppugnata esset recessum est: the town was taken after a siege of seven months urbs septimo mense quam oppugnari coepta est capta est (Curt. 4 4 19): to turn a siege into a blockade consilia ab oppugnanda urbe in obsidendam vertere.
siege:
1. oppugnātio (most gen. and comprehensive term, but implying active attack of a place): concerning s.s of towns, (as a branch of the military art), de oppidorum o., Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: Liv.: to raise a s., o. dimittere, Caes. B. G. 7, 17; omittere, id. B. C. 3. 24 (obsessionem o.): relinquere, Tac. A. 15, 16. Also the verb oppugno may often expr. the subs.: the s. of Saguntum began ..., S. oppugnari coeptum est, Liv. 21, 15 the s. of Saguntum had already begun, S. jam oppugnabatur, ib. C. 7.
2. obsĭdio, obsessio (which denote sitting down before a place and investing it without active attack). to compel an enemy to raise the s. of a place, (urbem) obsidione liberare, Caes. B. G. 4, 19: v.BLOCKADE .
3. later, obsĭdium, in same sense: Tac.
4. circumsessio (hostile investment: rare): Cic. Phr.: to lay s. to, oppugnare: more fully, (urbem) operibus oppugnare, Liv. 37, 5; [hardly oppugnationem inferre in this sense, though it may be used with non-milit. meaning: cf. Cic. Coel. 9, init.], obsidēre (v.TO BLOCKADE ): circumsedēre (to invest), Liv. 21, 10. Relating to s.s:--(1.) oppugnātōrius (serving for attack of towns): I have now to speak of s. works, restat mihi de oppugnatoriis rebus (dicere), Vitr. 10, 12 (18). (2.) obsĭdiōnālis, e: esp. in phr. corona obsidionalis (crown given to a general for saving a city from s. or blockade), Gell. 5, 6.
1. oppugnātio (most gen. and comprehensive term, but implying active attack of a place): concerning s.s of towns, (as a branch of the military art), de oppidorum o., Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: Liv.: to raise a s., o. dimittere, Caes. B. G. 7, 17; omittere, id. B. C. 3. 24 (obsessionem o.): relinquere, Tac. A. 15, 16. Also the verb oppugno may often expr. the subs.: the s. of Saguntum began ..., S. oppugnari coeptum est, Liv. 21, 15 the s. of Saguntum had already begun, S. jam oppugnabatur, ib. C. 7.
2. obsĭdio, obsessio (which denote sitting down before a place and investing it without active attack). to compel an enemy to raise the s. of a place, (urbem) obsidione liberare, Caes. B. G. 4, 19: v.
3. later, obsĭdium, in same sense: Tac.
4. circumsessio (hostile investment: rare): Cic. Phr.: to lay s. to, oppugnare: more fully, (urbem) operibus oppugnare, Liv. 37, 5; [hardly oppugnationem inferre in this sense, though it may be used with non-milit. meaning: cf. Cic. Coel. 9, init.], obsidēre (v.