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|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lay an ambuscade beforehand]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">4.9.8</span> (s.v.l.): c. acc. cogn., π. τινὰς ἐνέδρας <span class="bibl">Hld.6.13</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">αἱ προλελοχισμέναι ἐνέδραι</b> the ambush [[that had before been laid]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.112</span>; but also προλοχίζοιντο αἱ νύκτες ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.13.4</span> (dub. l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[place]] men [[in ambuscade]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">AJ</span>5.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BJ</span>1.2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[beset with an ambuscade]], <b class="b3">πέμπει… τοῦ στρατοῦ μέρος τι τὰς ὁδοὺς προλοχιοῦντας</b> <span class="bibl">Th.3.110</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sert.</span>13</span>; also π. τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέδραις <span class="bibl">Th.2.81</span>.</span>