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Where does “δῐλοχῐ́ᾱ” come from?

δῐλοχῐ́ᾱ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai.

δῐλοχῐ́ᾱ (Ancient Greek): double company; a body of thirty-two men

Definitions

  1. double company; a body of thirty-two men

Ancestry of “δῐλοχῐ́ᾱ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
2Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
3Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomai—
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