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λοχίζω

λοχίζω, to lie in wait for

λοχίζω,
  • = λοχάω, lie in wait for:—Pass., λοχισθέντες διεφθάρησαν they were cut to pieces by falling into an ambuscade, Th. 5.115, cf. D.C. 41.51.
      • 2 place in ambush, λοχίζει ἐς ὁδὸν κοίλην ὁπλίτας Th. 3.107; λ. ἐν τόπῳ D.H. 2.55: c. dat. loci, Id. 3.64 (nisi leg. <ἐν> χωρίοις) ; λοχίσαντος is prob. l. in Plu. Oth. 7.
      • 3 beset with an ambuscade, λελοχισμένον χωρίον D.H. 1.79.
    • II distribute men in companies (λόχοι), and so, put them in order of battle, Hdt. 1.103, Aen. Tact. 1.5, Plu. Sull. 27:—Pass., to be so distributed, Agatharch. Fr. Hist. 17J., D.H. 2.14, etc.
    • III λοχίζει· ἐπιβουλεύεται, Hsch.

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