admoenio

ad-moenĭo, īre, 4, v. a.,

• to draw near the walls, to besiege, invest: oppidum. Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 150 (379) (but not id. ib. 2, 1, 11 (584); cf. Ritschl ad h. l.; and id. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (540), for admoenivi, admovi is a more correct reading; v. admoveo).

ad-moenio, īre (ad u. moenio = munio), gegen einen Ort Schanzen aufführen, einen Ort blockieren, hoc oppidum, Plaut. Pseud. 384: übtr., fabricas, Plaut. cist. 540.

admœnĭō, īvī, īre (ad, mœnio = munio), tr., appliquer des terrassements, des travaux de siège contre : oppidum Pl. Ps. 384, bloquer une ville ; [fig.] dresser des fourberies : Pl. Cist. 540.

admoenio , is, ivi, itum, ire. 4. (moenia.)
環而攻。圍城。Quot admoenivi illi fabricas 吾使幾何方以圍之如城然哉。

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