ἐνέδρ-α, ἡ,
sitting in: hence, lying in wait, ambush, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.56 (_plural_), etc.; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] 3.90; ἐνέδραι κατασκευάζονται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.10; ἐνέδραν τιθέναι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.108; θέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 23; εἰς ἐ. ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. ἀνίστασθαι[[ [prev. work] 5.4.4; θέειν ἐκ τῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b men laid in ambush, τὴν ἐ. ἐζανιστάναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, trickery, treachery, δόλου καὶ ἐνέδρας πλήρης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 908d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.77; ἐνέδρας ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 124.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐνέδρας, opposed to φανερῶς, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.422; μετ᾽ ἐνέδρας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.30, cf. Archig.ap 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.2.20. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II position, ναρθήκων [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 16, 27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III delay, περί τι [[ “POxy.” 62.10 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]