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λοχάω

λοχάω, to lie in wait for, to watch, waylay, entrap

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ἐλοχήσατο aorist middle indicative 3rd singular of λοχάω

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λοχ-άω, Ep. aor. subj. Med. -ήσομαι Od. 4.670:—
  • lie in wait for, waylay, Τηλέμαχον λοχόωντες 16.369, cf. 4.847; ἦ μέν μιν λοχόωσι 13.425; τὸν δὲ . . οἴκαδʼ ἰόντα λοχῶσιν 14.181; αὐτὸν ἰόντα λοχήσομαι 4.670; ἐλόχησαν τὰς γυναῖκας Hdt. 6.138; σε . . λοχῶσιν . . Ἐρινύες S. Ant. 1075.
      • 2 abs., lie in wait, ambush, ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι Il. 18.520; λοχᾷ ἐπὶ δένδρεον ἀναβάς Hdt. 4.22; πρὸς δόμοις λοχᾷς ἐμοῖς E. El. 225; πρὸς τοῖσι βωμοῖς Pherecr. 141: but mostly in aor. part. with another Verb, ὄφρα . . σὸν παῖδα κατακτείνειε λοχήσας Od. 22.53; λοχήσαντες τὴν νέα εἷλον Hdt. 6.87, cf. 37; λοχήσας . . πολλοὺς διέφθειρεν Th. 1.65, cf. 3.94:—Med., λοχησάμενος Od. 4.388, 463; ἐγγὺς ὁδοῖο λοχησάμενος 13.268; later also λοχώμενος, λελοχημένος, in ambush, A.R. 1.991, 3.7.
      • 3 c. acc. loci, occupy with an ambuscade, ἐλόχησαν τὴν ἐν Πηδάσῳ ὁδόν Hdt. 5.121.
      • 4 metaph., οἷον λοχῶντες τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους φιλίαν laying a trap of friendship for them, Plb. 3.40.6.—Rare in good Att. (v. Th. ll. cc.), but freq. in late Prose, as Plb. l.c., D.H. 2.55, al., Plu. Ant. 46:—Pass., Epicur. Nat. 15.22, J. BJ 3.6.2:—Med. only in Ep.

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