πολιορκέω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to besiege, blockade
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πόλῐς (city, city state) + Ancient Greek ἕρκος (fence, wall, enclosure, defense)root from Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- (mend, fence).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*serḱ-
Gloss
mend, fence
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
垣, 柵
Emoji
🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- herkogamy English
- sarcina Latin
- sarcio Latin
- Εὔπολις Ancient Greek
- Λατόπολις Ancient Greek
- Λυκόπολις Ancient Greek
- Μεγαλόπολις Ancient Greek
- Νεάπολις Ancient Greek
- Παροικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Σευθόπολις Ancient Greek
- μητρόπολις Ancient Greek
- πολιορκία Ancient Greek
- πόλῐς Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφίπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἀντίπολις Ancient Greek
- ἕρκος Ancient Greek
- Ἡλίου πόλις Ancient Greek
- ὅρκος Ancient Greek
- *serḱ- Proto-Indo-European
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