πολιορκία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πόλις (pólis, “city”) +‎ ἕρκος (hérkos, “fence, enclosure”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πολῐορκίᾱ • (poliorkíā) f (genitive πολῐορκίᾱς); first declension

  1. siege of a city

Declension
First declension of ἡ πολῐορκίᾱ; τῆς πολῐορκίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολιορκίᾱ (poliorkíā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /po.li.orˈci.a/

Noun

πολιορκία • (poliorkía) f (plural πολιορκίες)

  1. siege, military blockade

Declension
declension of πολιορκία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πολιορκία • πολιορκίες •
genitive πολιορκίας • πολιορκιών •
accusative πολιορκία • πολιορκίες •
vocative πολιορκία • πολιορκίες •

Further reading
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