πρόκοιτος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (κοίτη)

   A one who keeps watch before a place: Pl., pickets, Id.20.11.5: Adj., τοὺς π. τῆς φρουρᾶς κύνας Plu.2.325c.    II chamberlain, D.C.67.15 (but prob. f.l. for πρόκριτος (q.v.) in 78.14).

German (Pape)

[Seite 730] vorn od. vor dem Hause schlafend od. Wache haltend, excubitor, Pol. 11, 5 u. Sp.