A.fight the walls, i.e. conduct siege operations, Hdt.9.70, Th.7.79, X.HG1.1.14, etc.; “τ. τινί” Ar.Nu.481; “πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους” Plu.Alc.28; τειχομαχεῖν δυνατοί skilled in conducting sieges, i.e. good engineers, Th.1.102: perh. of defending a wall, App. Hann.92.
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