poliorceticadj.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpoʊliˌɔrˈsɛdɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολιορκητικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητικός of or for besieging < πολιορκητής besieger ( < ancient Greek πολιορκεῖν to besiege a city ( < πόλις city (see polis n.²) + ἕρκος fence, enclosure: see hercotectonic adj.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French poliorcétique (1842 as adjective; 1819 or earlier as noun; compare poliorcetics n.). Compare earlier poliorcetics n.

Of or relating to the besieging of cities or fortresses.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective]

obsidional?a1439

poliorcetic1744

obsessional1857

1744 Universal Hist. (Dublin rev. ed.) IV. 183 The enemy had certainly secured the passes; the poliorcetic art, in those simple days, consisted of little else.

a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 98 The ‘arietes’, or battering-rams..were amongst the poliorcetic engines of the ancients.

1898 Athenæum 24 Sept. 423/2 The poliorcetic principles displayed at Château Gaillard.

1936 H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe i. xv. 187 To the marine skill of the Scandinavians they [sc. the Normans] added all that was then known of cavalry warfare and the poliorcetic art.

1995 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 115 47 I look also at..the poliorcetic writer Aeneas Tacitus, the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and the poets Callimachus and even Lucretius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poliorcetic
释义	poliorceticadj. Brit. /ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊliˌɔrˈsɛdɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πολιορκητικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητικός of or for besieging < πολιορκητής besieger ( < ancient Greek πολιορκεῖν to besiege a city ( < πόλις city (see polis n.²) + ἕρκος fence, enclosure: see hercotectonic adj.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French poliorcétique (1842 as adjective; 1819 or earlier as noun; compare poliorcetics n.). Compare earlier poliorcetics n. Of or relating to the besieging of cities or fortresses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] obsidional?a1439 poliorcetic1744 obsessional1857 1744 Universal Hist. (Dublin rev. ed.) IV. 183 The enemy had certainly secured the passes; the poliorcetic art, in those simple days, consisted of little else. a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 98 The ‘arietes’, or battering-rams..were amongst the poliorcetic engines of the ancients. 1898 Athenæum 24 Sept. 423/2 The poliorcetic principles displayed at Château Gaillard. 1936 H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe i. xv. 187 To the marine skill of the Scandinavians they [sc. the Normans] added all that was then known of cavalry warfare and the poliorcetic art. 1995 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 115 47 I look also at..the poliorcetic writer Aeneas Tacitus, the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and the poets Callimachus and even Lucretius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1744
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