ambush
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
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 (Eur., 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).
