τοπομαχέω

A. wage war by seeking or holding strong positions which the enemy dares not attack, Str. 1.1.17, Plu. Flam. 3, Cleom. 20, etc.; manoeuvre for position, Id. 2.487f, Demetr. 43; περὶ τῆς στάσεως D.S. 13.39.