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lochus

[ lok-uhs ]

noun

, plural loch·i [lok, -ahy].
  1. (in ancient Greece) a subdivision of an army.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lochus1

1825–35; < Greek lóchos literally, ambush, place for lying in wait, hence, men forming an ambush; lochia

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