πολιορκία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “fence, enclosure”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.li.or.kí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.li.orˈki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.li.orˈci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.li.orˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.orˈci.a/
Noun
πολῐορκίᾱ • (polĭorkíā) f (genitive πολῐορκίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πολῐορκίᾱ hē polĭorkíā |
τὼ πολῐορκίᾱ tṑ polĭorkíā |
αἱ πολῐορκίαι hai polĭorkíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πολῐορκίᾱς tês polĭorkíās |
τοῖν πολῐορκίαιν toîn polĭorkíain |
τῶν πολῐορκιῶν tôn polĭorkiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πολῐορκίᾳ têi polĭorkíāi |
τοῖν πολῐορκίαιν toîn polĭorkíain |
ταῖς πολῐορκίαις taîs polĭorkíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πολῐορκίᾱν tḕn polĭorkíān |
τὼ πολῐορκίᾱ tṑ polĭorkíā |
τᾱ̀ς πολῐορκίᾱς tā̀s polĭorkíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῐορκίᾱ polĭorkíā |
πολῐορκίᾱ polĭorkíā |
πολῐορκίαι polĭorkíai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- πολιορκέω (poliorkéō)
- πολιορκητέος (poliorkētéos)
- πολιορκητήριος (poliorkētḗrios)
- πολιορκητής (poliorkētḗs)
- πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós)
Further reading
- πολιορκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πολιορκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blockade idem, page 84.
- investment idem, page 457.
- siege idem, page 774.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολιορκίᾱ (poliorkíā).
Pronunciation
Noun
πολιορκία • (poliorkía) f (plural πολιορκίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
| genitive | πολιορκίας (poliorkías) | πολιορκιών (poliorkión) |
| accusative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
| vocative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
Related terms
- άλωση f (álosi, “conquest of a location”)
- απολιόρκητος (apoliórkitos, “unbesieged”, adjective)
- εκπορθώ (ekporthó, “I take by storm”)
- πολιορκώ (poliorkó, “I lay siege”)
Further reading
πολιορκία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
