noun
subsessa
Meaning
- an ambush
subsessa, ae, f. subsido,
I. an ambush, ambuscade (post-class.):
subsessas occultius collocare, Veg. Mil. 3, 6 med.: in subsessā esse, id. ib. 3, 22; cf.: hostium dolos subsessas vocamus, Serv. Verg. A. 11, 268.