ΥΠΟΛΟΧΩΝΤΑ, υπολοχωντα
YPOLOCHŌNTA, ypolochōnta
Sounds Like: hoo-po-lo-KHOHN-tah
Translations: lying in wait, ambushing, setting an ambush
From the root: ΥΠΟΛΟΧΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the accusative plural masculine or neuter participle of the verb ὑπολοχάω (hypolochao), which means 'to lie in wait' or 'to set an ambush'. It describes someone or something that is in the act of ambushing or waiting secretly to attack. It is a compound word formed from ὑπό (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'secretly', and λοχάω (lochao), meaning 'to lie in wait' or 'to set an ambush'.
Inflection: Participle, Present, Active, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 3:217
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΛΟΧΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΟΛΟΧΑΩ — to lie in wait, to ambush, to set an ambush
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