πολῐορκ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, siege of a city, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.81, 190, 5.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.73, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.78, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, besieging, pestering, see reading in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 25. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]