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ἐνεδρ-εύω , impf.
A.ἐνήδρευονX.Cyr.1.6.39: fut. “ἐνεδρεύσωPlu.Ant.63: aor. “ἐνήδρευσαTh.4.67, X.An.4.1.22, etc.:— Med., fut. -σομαι (in pass. sense) Id.HG7.2.18:—Pass., aor. “ἐνηδρεύθηνD.28.2: pf. “ἐνήδρευμαιLuc.Cal.23: (ἐνέδρα):—lie in wait for, lay snares for,τινάD.40.10, Men.Kol.44: Pass., to be caught in an ambush, to be ensnared, of animals, X.Mem.2.1.5; “μέλιτιPorph. Antr.16; of persons to whom poison has been given, Phylarch.10 J.: metaph., “ὑπὸ νόμων τοὺς πολίτας ἐνεδρεύεσθαιLys.1.49; εἰ . . μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ ἐνηδρεύθημεν if we had not been deceived by time, D.28.2.
2. abs., lay or set an ambush,ἐς τὸ ἘνυάλιονTh.4.67, cf. X.An.1.6.2, 4.1.22,etc.
II. place in ambush,πεζούςApp.BC2.76, v.l. in J.AJ5.8.11:—Med., abs., set an ambush, X.HG4.4.15:—Pass., metaph., “οἱ ἐνηδρευμένοι τῇ δημηγορίᾳ λόγοιHld.10.17.
III. hinder, obstruct,τινάςPOxy.1773.33 (iii A.D.); “διάπρασινPGiss.105.24 (v A.D.):— Pass., PAmh.2.143.9 (iv A.D.).
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    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2, 2
    • Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2, 10
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 5.8.11
    • Lysias, On the Murder of Eratosthenes, 49
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.67
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.6.2
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.1.22
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.6.39
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.4.15
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 7.2.18
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.1.5
    • Plutarch, Antonius, 63
    • Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, 23
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