ἐφεδρεία: Difference between revisions

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