λόχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέχομαι (lekhomai, “I lie”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /lókʰos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /lókʰos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /lóxos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /lóxos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /lóxos/

Noun

λόχος (genitive λόχου) m, second declension; (lokhos)

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

Inflection

Second declension of λόχος, λόχου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λόχος	λόχω	λόχοι
Genitive	λόχου	λόχοιν	λόχων
Dative	λόχῳ	λόχοιν	λόχοις
Accusative	λόχον	λόχω	λόχους
Vocative	λόχε	λόχω	λόχοι

Descendants

• English: lochia

References

• LSJ