λόχος — Middle Liddell

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.

ShortDef

an ambush

Debugging

Headword:

λόχος

Headword (normalized):

λόχος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

λοχος

Intro Text:

IDX:

19927

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n19947

Key:

lo/xos

Senses and Citations (From Data)

Citations (From Models)

No citations.

Data

{
  "content": "λόχος\n λόχος, ὁ,\n λέγω\n an ambush, i. e.\n a place of ambush, place for lying in wait, Hom., Eur.\n 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.\n the men that form the ambush, Il., Eur.\n 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.\n any body of people, a union for civil purposes, Xen., etc.:—used to transl. the Rom. centuria, Plut., etc.\n a lying-in, childbirth, parturition, Aesch.",
  "key": "lo/xos"
}