ἐκπολιορκ-έω,
force a besieged town to surrender, force to capitulate, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.94, 134, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.3, etc.: _metaphorically_ of argument, ἐ. τινὰ λόγῳ 4th c.BC: Chio Epistolographus “Ep.” 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be forced to surrender, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ Βυζαντίου ἐκπολιορκηθείς[[ [prev. work] 131, compare “Inscription Prien.” 37.112; ὑπὸ τῶν τυράννων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 19.3: _metaphorically_, ἐκπολιορκηθέντος τοῦ σώματος ὑπὸ μακρᾶς νόσου 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]