sit upon, rest upon; sit on
Ancient Greek word, found 127 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.71.1: … ὼν αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλῃ, οἱ δὲ μὴ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὁ δῆμος δείσας ἐπίθηται σφίσι καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐν μάχῃ καθ’ αὑτὴν οὖσα ἐγγὺς ἐφεδρευόντων Ἀθηναίων ἀπόληται, οὐκ ἐδέξαντο, ἀλλ’ ἀμφοτέροις ἐδόκει ἡσυχάσασι τὸ μέλλον περιιδεῖν.
Euripides, Electra 55: ἐν ᾗ τόδʼ ἄγγος τῷδʼ ἐφεδρεῦον κάρᾳ
Euripides, Orestes 1627: σύ θʼ ὃς ξιφήρης τῇδʼ ἐφεδρεύεις κόρῃ,
All forms of ἐφεδρεύω