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ἐφεδρ-εύω , (ἔφεδρος)
A.sit upon, rest upon, “ἄγγος ἐφεδρεῦον κάρᾳ” E.El.55; sit on eggs, Arist.HA564a11.
2. occupy land, PStrassb.114.3.
II. lie by or near, lie in wait, of an enemy watching for an opportunity of attack, Th.4.71, 8.92; “ὅταν εἰδῶσιν ἐφεδρεύουσαν τὴν δύναμιν” Isoc.8.137; ἐ. τινί keep watch over, as a prisoner, E.Or.1627: generally, watch for, “τοῖς . . ἀγαθοῖς ἐφεδρεύων ἕτερος καθεδεῖται” D.5.15; “τοῖς καιροῖς τινος” Id.8.42, cf. PBaden 39iii7 (ii A.D.), Him.Or.2.26; τοῖς ἀτυχήμασί [τινος] Arist.Pol.1269a38; “τοῖς ἐσομένοις” Hld.4.17: metaph., of disease, lie in wait, Hp.Ep.19 (Hermes 53.64); but, to be associated with other diseases, Id.Flat.6.
2. of a third combatant, draw a 'bye', Luc. Herm.40.
3. in war, form the reserve, Plb.18.32.2.
4. watch over, protect, “τῇ τοῦ σίτου κομιδῇ” Id.5.95.5.
III. halt, Plu.Pyrrh.32, etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Demosthenes, On the Peace, 15
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    • Euripides, Electra, 55
    • Euripides, Orestes, 1627
    • Isocrates, On the Peace, 137
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.71
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    • Polybius, Histories, 5.95.5
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    • Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 32
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