ἀποτειχίζω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀποτειχίζω
ἀποτειχιῶ
Structure:
ἀπο
(Prefix)
+
τειχίζ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- wall off, fortify
- blockade
- (middle voice) build a party-wall
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- οἱ δὲ πολιορκεῖν μὲν οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὴν πόλιν, ἀναστρέψαντεσ δὲ τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ ἀέροσ ἀπετείχιζον, ὥστε μηκέτι τὰσ αὐγὰσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸσ τὴν σελήνην διήκειν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 19:1)
- ἐκ δὲ τούτου βοιωτάρχησ αἱρεθεὶσ μετὰ Μέλωνοσ καὶ Χάρωνοσ ὁ Πελοπίδασ εὐθὺσ ἀπετείχιζε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν καὶ προσβολὰσ ἐποιεῖτο πανταχόθεν, ἐξελεῖν σπουδάζων τοὺσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ καὶ τὴν Καδμείαν ἐλευθερῶσαι πρὶν ἐκ Σπάρτησ στρατὸν ἐπελθεῖν. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 13 1:1)
- τοῦτ’ ἐποίουν ὁσημέραι καὶ ἐπεὶ οὐδὲν ἐπέραινον, ἀποτειχίζειν αὐτοὺσ ἔγνωσαν ὡσ λιμῷ προσαναγκάσοντεσ παραστῆναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 7 4:1)
- ἐνταῦθα δὲ καταστρατοπεδεύσασ ἔγνω ἀποτειχίζειν τὴν εἴσω πόλιν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 18 3:3)
- ἴσωσ δέ που ἢ ἀποσκάπτει τι ἢ ἀποτειχίζει, ὡσ ἄποροσ εἰή ἡ ὁδόσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 5:1)
- κἂν ἔνθεν ἐκβληθῶσιν οἱ τύραννοι, τί ἔτι ἀποτειχίζω τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἐμοῦ γε ἕνεκα; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 88:1)
Synonyms
-
wall off
-
blockade
-
build a party-wall
Derived
- ἀνατειχίζω (to rebuild)
- διατειχίζω (to cut off and fortify by a wall, to divide as by a wall)
- ἐκτειχίζω (to fortify completely, to build it from the ground)
- ἐντειχίζω (to build or fortify in, to wall in, blockade)
- ἐπιτειχίζω (to build a fort on the frontier, against, to plant)
- περιτειχίζω (to wall all round, to surround with a wall, to build round)
- προστειχίζω (to add to a fortification, include in the city-wall)
- συντειχίζω (to help build a wall or fortification)
- τειχίζω (to build a wall, to form a wall)
- ὑποτειχίζω (to build a wall under or across, build a cross-wall)