ambush

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substantive

P. ἐνέδρα, ἡ, V. λόχος, ὁ.

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). }}