λοχάω
λοχ-άω, Ep. aor. subj. Med.-
ήσομαι Od. 4.670 :—
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 .
ShortDef
to lie in wait for, to watch, waylay, entrap
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Headword (normalized):
λοχάω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λοχαω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λοχ-άω</span>, Ep. aor. subj. Med.-<span class="itype greek">ήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:670" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.670/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.670 </a>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lie in wait for, waylay</span>, <span class="quote greek">Τηλέμαχον λοχόωντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.369/canonical-url/"> 16.369 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:847" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.847/canonical-url/"> 4.847 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἦ μέν μιν λοχόωσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:425" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.425/canonical-url/"> 13.425 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν δὲ .. οἴκαδ’ ἰόντα λοχῶσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.181/canonical-url/"> 14.181 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αὐτὸν ἰόντα λοχήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:670" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.670/canonical-url/"> 4.670 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐλόχησαν τὰς γυναῖκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.138 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σε .. λοχῶσιν .. Ἐρινύες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1075" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1075/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1075 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lie in wait, ambush</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὅθι σφίσιν εἶκε λοχῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:520" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.520/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.520 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λοχᾷ ἐπὶ δένδρεον ἀναβάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς δόμοις λοχᾷς ἐμοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 225 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τοῖσι βωμοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 141 </a> : but mostly in aor. part. with another Verb, <span class="quote greek">ὄφρα .. σὸν παῖδα κατακτείνειε λοχήσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.53 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λοχήσαντες τὴν νέα εἷλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.87 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> 37 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λοχήσας .. πολλοὺς διέφθειρεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.65 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.94/canonical-url/"> 3.94 </a>:— Med., <span class="quote greek">λοχησάμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.388 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:463" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:463/canonical-url/"> 463 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐγγὺς ὁδοῖο λοχησάμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:268" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.268/canonical-url/"> 13.268 </a> ; later also <span class="foreign greek">λοχώμενος, λελοχημένος</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in ambush</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:991" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.991/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.991 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.7/canonical-url/"> 3.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. acc. loci, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">occupy with an ambuscade</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐλόχησαν τὴν ἐν Πηδάσῳ ὁδόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.121 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">οἷον λοχῶντες τὴν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους φιλίαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">laying a trap</span> of friendship for them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:40:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:40:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.40.6 </a>.—Rare in good Att. (v. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> </span> ll. cc.), but freq. in late Prose, as <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> </span> l. c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:2.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 2.55 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg058:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg058:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 46 </a>:— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:15:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:15.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 15.22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3:6:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3:6:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BJ</span> 3.6.2 </a>:— Med. only in Ep. </div> </div><br><br>'}