ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ, ἐκπολιορκησαντας
EKPOLIORKĒSANTAS, ekpoliorkēsantas
Sounds Like: ek-po-lee-or-KAY-san-tas
Translations: having taken by siege, having captured by siege, having besieged out
From the root: ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and πολιορκέω (poliorcheō), meaning 'to besiege' or 'to blockade'. Therefore, it means 'to besiege out' or 'to take by siege'. It describes the action of successfully capturing a city or stronghold through a siege.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 7:145
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΙ — he besieges, she besieges, it besieges, he captures by siege, she captures by siege, it captures by siege
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΗ — to be captured by siege, to be taken by storm, to be besieged out
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΤΩΣΑΝ — let them besiege, let them take by siege, let them capture by siege
- ἘΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝ — they besieged, they captured by siege, they took by siege
- ἘΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΝ — he besieged, he blockaded, he captured by siege, he took by siege
- ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ — to take by storm, to capture by siege, to conquer by siege
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