(lyr.). b. c. gen. objecti,λόχος θείοιο γέροντος the way to ambushhim, Od. 4.395 .
3. the men that form the ambush, μὴ λ. εἰσέλθῃσι πόλιν
Il. 8.522
, cf. E. Andr. 1114 , etc.
b. any armed band, body of troops(of foot, rarely of horse, Arr. Alan. 20 ), Od. 20.49 ; also in Trag., A. Th. 56 , 460 , S. OC 1371 , etc.: metaph., παρθένων ἱκέσιος λ.
A. Th. 111
(lyr.);θαυμαστὸς λ. γυναικῶν, of the Furies, Id. Eu. 46 , cf. 1026 ; ἐλάφων κεραὸς λ.
AP 9.244
( Apollonid. ); ἐμῶν προγόνων λ.
OGI 383.48
(Nemrud Dagh,i B.C.).
c. in historical writers, mostly,a company, reckoned at 24 men in X. Cyr. 6.3.21 , but at 100 in Id. An. 3.4.21 , 4.8.15 ; in the Spartan army,the fourthorfifth part of a μόρα(q.v.), Hdt. 9.53 , 57 , cf. Th. 5.68 , Arist. Fr. 541 , etc.; ὁ Πιτανάτης λ.
d. any body of people unitedfor civil purposes, X. Hier. 9.5 , Arist. Pol. 1309a12 ;αἱ ἐν λόχοις συντέλειαι(whereλόχοιseems to representσυμμορίαι) Catal. ap. D. 18.106 .
e. =Lat.centuria, D.H. 4.16 , App. BC 1.59 , etc.
f. =Lat.curia, D.H. 2.7 .
II. child-birth, A. Ag. 137 (lyr.): pl., Id. Supp. 677 (lyr.).
