λόχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

O-grade verbal noun from λέχομαι (lékhomai, I lie).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λόχος (lókhos) m (genitive λόχου); second declension

  1. ambush
  2. The place of an ambush: ambuscade
  3. A body of men for ambush, armed band
  4. childbirth
  5. a file in the phalanx

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