λόχος λόχος, ὁ, λέγω an ambush, i. e. a place of ambush, place for lying in wait, Hom., Eur. the act of lying in wait, λόχον εἷσαι to place an ambuscade, Hom.; λέγεσθαι ἐς λόχον to lie in ambush, Il.:—c. gen. objecti, λόχος θείοιο γέροντος the way to watch him, Od. the men that form the ambush, Il., Eur. any armed band, a body of troops, Od., Trag.:— a body of soldiers, a company, regiment, Xen.:—among the Spartans, a λόχος was the fourth or fifth part of a μόρα Hdt.:— ὁ ἱερὸς λ. the sacred company at Thebes, Plut. any body of people, a union for civil purposes, Xen., etc.:—used to transl. the Rom. centuria, Plut., etc. a lying-in, childbirth, parturition, Aesch.