ἐνέδρα
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, Th.5.56 (pl.), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id.3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται X.Eq.Mag.4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι D.S.19.108; θέσθαι Plu.Rom.23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν X. Cyr.8.5.14; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι ib.5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. Th.4.67. b men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐζανιστάναι X.HG4.8.37. 2 metaph., trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης Pl.Lg.908d, cf. D.19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα Antiph.124.7; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opp. φανερῶς, Ph.2.422; μετ' ἐνέδρας App.BC1.30, cf. Archig.ap Orib.8.2.20. II position, ναρθήκων Hp.Fract.16,27. III delay, περί τι POxy.62.10 (iii A.D.), etc.
