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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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[[lie in wait]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λοχᾶν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλοχᾶν]], [[ἐνεδρεύειν]].
[[lie in wait]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λοχᾶν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλοχᾶν]], [[ἐνεδρεύειν]].


[[lie in wait for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φυλάσσειν]]; (acc.), [[ἐφεδρεύειν]] (dat.) ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Rhesus]]'' 768), [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλοχᾶν]] (acc.), [[ἐνεδρεύειν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[λοχᾶν]]; (acc.).
[[lie in wait for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φυλάσσειν]]; (acc.), [[ἐφεδρεύειν]] (dat.) ([[Euripides]], ''[[Rhesus]]'' 768), [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλοχᾶν]] (acc.), [[ἐνεδρεύειν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[λοχᾶν]]; (acc.).


[[with ships]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ναυλοχεῖν]] (acc.).
[[with ships]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ναυλοχεῖν]] (acc.).


[[an ambush of armed men lay in wait for him]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τῷ δὲ ξιφήρης ἆρ' ὑφειστήκει λόχος]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 1114).
[[an ambush of armed men lay in wait for him]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τῷ δὲ ξιφήρης ἆρ' ὑφειστήκει λόχος]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 1114).
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verb intransitive

P. and V. μένειν, παραμένειν, ἐπιμένειν, ἀναμένειν, Ar. and P. καταμένειν, περιμένειν, P. διαμένειν, ὑπομένειν, V. μίμνειν, προσμένειν, ἀμμένειν.

the chances of war will not wait: P. τοῦ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί (Thuc. 1, 142).

delay: P. and V. μέλλειν βραδύνειν (Plato), τρίβειν, χρονίζειν, σχολάζειν, ἐπέχειν, ἐπίσχειν, P. διαμέλλειν, Ar. and P. διατρίβειν, V. κατασχολάζειν.

be on the look out: P. and V. τηρεῖν, προσδοκᾶν, φρουρεῖν, φυλάσσειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιτηρεῖν, V. καραδοκεῖν; (also Xen.); see watch.

you have kept dinner waiting an age: Ar. δειπνεῖν κατακωλύεις πάλαι (Ach. 1088).

serve: P. and V. διακονεῖν.

wait for: P. and V. μένειν; (acc.), ἀναμένειν (acc.), προσδέχεσθαι (acc.), Ar. and P. περιμένειν (acc.), P. ὑπομένειν (acc.), V. προσμένειν; (acc.) (rare P. as Thuc. 6, 44), ἀμμένειν (acc.), ἐπαμμένειν (acc.), μίμνειν (acc.), ἐκδέχεσθαι (acc.), Ar. ἐπαναμένειν (acc.).

watch for: P. and V. τηρεῖν; (acc.), προσδοκᾶν (acc.), Ar. and P. ἐπιτηρεῖν (acc.), V. καραδοκεῖν; (acc.) (also Xen.); see watch.

wait on, attend on: P. and V. θεραπεύειν; (acc.); see attend, serve.

follow on (as a consequence): P. and V. ἕπεσθαι; (dat.), συνέπεσθαι (dat.), P. ἀκολουθεῖν (dat.).

wait for: P. and V. προσδοκᾶν; (acc.); see wait for.

he will wait on events: P. προσεδρεύσει τοῖς πράγμασι (Dem. 14).

substantive

See delay.

lie in wait: P. and V. λοχᾶν, P. ἐλλοχᾶν, ἐνεδρεύειν.

lie in wait for: P. and V. φυλάσσειν; (acc.), ἐφεδρεύειν (dat.) (Euripides, Rhesus 768), P. ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν; (acc.).

with ships: P. ναυλοχεῖν (acc.).

an ambush of armed men lay in wait for him: V. τῷ δὲ ξιφήρης ἆρ' ὑφειστήκει λόχος (Euripides, Andromache 1114).