πολιορκία
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “fence, enclosure”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editπολῐορκίᾱ • (poliorkíā) f (genitive πολῐορκίᾱς); first declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πολῐορκίᾱ hē poliorkíā |
τὼ πολῐορκίᾱ tṑ poliorkíā |
αἱ πολῐορκίαι hai poliorkíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πολῐορκίᾱς tês poliorkíās |
τοῖν πολῐορκίαιν toîn poliorkíain |
τῶν πολῐορκιῶν tôn poliorkiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πολῐορκίᾳ têi poliorkíāi |
τοῖν πολῐορκίαιν toîn poliorkíain |
ταῖς πολῐορκίαις taîs poliorkíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πολῐορκίᾱν tḕn poliorkíān |
τὼ πολῐορκίᾱ tṑ poliorkíā |
τᾱ̀ς πολῐορκίᾱς tā̀s poliorkíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πολῐορκίᾱ poliorkíā |
πολῐορκίᾱ poliorkíā |
πολῐορκίαι poliorkíai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- πολιορκέω (poliorkéō)
- πολιορκητέος (poliorkētéos)
- πολιορκητήριος (poliorkētḗrios)
- πολιορκητής (poliorkētḗs)
- πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós)
Further reading
edit- 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blockade idem, page 84.
- investment idem, page 457.
- siege idem, page 774.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πολιορκίᾱ (poliorkíā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπολιορκία • (poliorkía) f (plural πολιορκίες)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
genitive | πολιορκίας (poliorkías) | πολιορκιών (poliorkión) |
accusative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
vocative | πολιορκία (poliorkía) | πολιορκίες (poliorkíes) |
Related terms
edit- άλωση f (álosi, “conquest of a location”)
- απολιόρκητος (apoliórkitos, “unbesieged”, adjective)
- εκπορθώ (ekporthó, “I take by storm”)
- πολιορκώ (poliorkó, “I lay siege”)
Further reading
edit- πολιορκία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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