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[[we lie in ambush in the leaves of the bushes: V]] . [[θάμνων ἐλλοχίζομεν φόβαις]] ([[Euripides]], [[baech]]. 722). | [[we lie in ambush in the leaves of the bushes: V]] . [[θάμνων ἐλλοχίζομεν φόβαις]] ([[Euripides]], [[baech]]. 722). | ||
[[ | [[Demosthenes, fearing he should be surrounded, posts heavy armed troops in ambush on a certain road which ran between banks and was covered with scrub: [[prose|P.]] [[ὁ Δημοσθένης δείσας μὴ κυκλωθῇ λοχίζει ἐς ὁδόν τινα κοίλην καὶ λοχμώδη ὁπλίτας]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 107). | ||
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lay an ambush, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν, P. and V. λοχᾶν.
lie in ambush, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν, ἐλλοχᾶν, P. and V. λοχᾶν.
lie in ambush for, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
watch for: P. and V. φυλάσσειν (acc.), ἐφεδρεύειν (dat.); see lie in wait for, under wait.
occupy with an ambush, v.: P. προλοχίζειν (acc.).
be caught in an ambush, v.: P. λοχίζεσθαι.
we lie in ambush in the leaves of the bushes: V . θάμνων ἐλλοχίζομεν φόβαις (Euripides, baech. 722).
[[Demosthenes, fearing he should be surrounded, posts heavy armed troops in ambush on a certain road which ran between banks and was covered with scrub: P. ὁ Δημοσθένης δείσας μὴ κυκλωθῇ λοχίζει ἐς ὁδόν τινα κοίλην καὶ λοχμώδη ὁπλίτας (Thuc. 3, 107). }}
