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ἐνέδρα

ἐνέδρα, a sitting in: a lying in wait, ambush

ἐνέδρ-α, ἡ,
  • sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, Th. 5.56 (pl.), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. 3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται X. Eq.Mag. 4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι D.S. 19.108; θέσθαι Plu. Rom. 23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν X. Cyr. 8.5.14; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι ib. 5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. Th. 4.67.
        • b men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐξανιστάναι X. HG 4.8.37.
      • 2 metaph., trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης Pl. Lg. 908d, cf. D. 19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα Antiph. 124.7; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opp. φανερῶς, Ph. 2.422; μετʼ ἐνέδρας App. BC 1.30, cf. Archig.ap Orib. 8.2.20.
    • II position, ναρθήκων Hp. Fract. 16, 27.
    • III delay, περί τι POxy. 62.10 (iii A.D.), etc.

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