1. to hem in a city, blockade, beleaguer, besiege , (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;Pass. to be besieged, in a state of siege , (Herdotus Historicus); of Scamander, to be dammed back , (Plato Philosophus)

2. metaphorically to be besieged, pestered , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)