poliorceticsn.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪks/, U.S.

/ˈˌpoʊliˌɔrˈsɛdɪks/

Forms: 1500s poliorcetickes, 1800s– poliorcetics.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin poliorcetica ; poliorcetic adj.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin poliorcetica siege engines (late 15th cent.; 1531 in the passage translated in quot. 1569) < Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητικά , use as noun of neuter plural of πολιορκητικός poliorcetic adj.; in later use partly also < poliorcetic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare Hellenistic Greek τὰ πολιορκητικὰ ἔργα siegeworks, τὰ πολιορκητικὰ ὄργανα siege engines.

The art of conducting and resisting sieges; siegecraft.

ΘΚΠ

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

poliorcetics1569

siege-craft1898

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. f. 33^v Poliorcetickes [L. Poliorcetica], fitte as well for the warres, as buildinges, & other vses.

1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 286 Into castrametation, into poliorcetics.

1893 T. A. Archer in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 341 (note) The whole science of mediaeval poliorcetics was based on the principle of..outworks.

1936 H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe ii. xvii. 628 The sieges of Hertogenbosch, of Maestricht, and of Breda showed that in the art of poliorcetics the Dutch had lost none of their ancient cunning.

1958 M. Roberts Gustavus Adolphus II. iii. 185 Maurice [of Orange] was a great innovator in siege warfare. His massive barrages against a strictly limited objective enabled him greatly to quicken the pace of siege operations, and marked an epoch in poliorcetics.

2003 C. Coulson Castles in Medieval Soc. i. iii. 71 Such learning (and its display) was as fashionable as skill in warfare or practical poliorcetics.

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

单词	poliorcetics
释义	poliorceticsn. Brit. /ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊliˌɔrˈsɛdɪks/ Forms: 1500s poliorcetickes, 1800s– poliorcetics. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin poliorcetica ; poliorcetic adj. Etymology: < post-classical Latin poliorcetica siege engines (late 15th cent.; 1531 in the passage translated in quot. 1569) < Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητικά , use as noun of neuter plural of πολιορκητικός poliorcetic adj.; in later use partly also < poliorcetic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare Hellenistic Greek τὰ πολιορκητικὰ ἔργα siegeworks, τὰ πολιορκητικὰ ὄργανα siege engines. The art of conducting and resisting sieges; siegecraft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > siegecraft poliorcetics1569 siege-craft1898 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. f. 33^v Poliorcetickes [L. Poliorcetica], fitte as well for the warres, as buildinges, & other vses. 1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 286 Into castrametation, into poliorcetics. 1893 T. A. Archer in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 341 (note) The whole science of mediaeval poliorcetics was based on the principle of..outworks. 1936 H. A. L. Fisher Hist. Europe ii. xvii. 628 The sieges of Hertogenbosch, of Maestricht, and of Breda showed that in the art of poliorcetics the Dutch had lost none of their ancient cunning. 1958 M. Roberts Gustavus Adolphus II. iii. 185 Maurice [of Orange] was a great innovator in siege warfare. His massive barrages against a strictly limited objective enabled him greatly to quicken the pace of siege operations, and marked an epoch in poliorcetics. 2003 C. Coulson Castles in Medieval Soc. i. iii. 71 Such learning (and its display) was as fashionable as skill in warfare or practical poliorcetics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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