I.a waylayer, lier-in-wait (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “subsessores vocantur, qui occisuri aliquem delitescunt,” Serv. Verg. A. 11, 268; cf. id. ib. 5, 498: “subsessores cum venabulis,” Petr. 40, 1.—
II. Trop.: “alieni matrimonii,” Val. Max. 2, 1, 5; 7, 2, ext. 1; cf.: “subsessoris et adulteri persona,” Arn. 4, p. 142.