ἐφεδρεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[a sitting upon]], ἐπὶ δένδρεσι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''614b6; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς ᾠοῖς ἐφεδρεία</b> Id.''IA''713a21.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sitting by]], [[waiting for one's turn]], of [[pugilist]]s, etc., [[drawing byes]], Pl.''Lg.''819b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in [[war]], [[reserve]], Plb.1.9.2, D.S.17.12, D.H.9.57 (pl.): but in plural, [[observation posts]], Ath.Mech.16.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[lying near]], [[protection]], <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν πολεμίων ἐφεδρεία</b> Plb.23.16.2; [[station]], [[post]], <b class="b3">τῷ φυγόντι ἐξ ἐφεδρείας</b> Id.1.17.11; [[lying in wait]], Plu.''Flam.''8, Onos.14.1.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[watchfulness]] against [[symptom]]s of [[disease]], <b class="b3">περὶ ἐφεδρείας</b>, title of work by [[Antonius]] the [[Epicurean]], Gal.5.1. (sometimes written [[ἐφεδρία]].)