ὄχλος
ὄχλος,
ὁ,
A). crowd, throng,
Pi. P. 4.85 ,
A. Pers. 42 (anap.), etc.;
ἐσὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν E. Or. 108 , cf.
Heracl. 44 ;
ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the
mass of the soldiers,
X. Cyr. 6.1.26 , cf.
Th. 6.64 ,
7.62 ;
μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν Id. 2.88 ;
ὄχλῳ in
numbers (for an army),
Id. 1.80 ;
ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. Id. 3.109 , cf.
4.56 ;
οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ. undisciplined masses like these, ib.
126 ;
ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός Hdn. 6.7.1 ; of
the camp-followers,
X. An. 3.4.26 ,
4.3.26 , etc.
2). in political sense,
populace, mob, opp.
δῆμος (
people),
Th. 7.8 , cf.
Pl. Plt. 304d ;
πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν Id. Ax. 368d ;
οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν X. Cyr. 2.2.21 ;
δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and
popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense),
Pl. Grg. 455a , cf.
Euthd. 290a : prov.,
δῑ ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε this is already
in the mouths of the people,
D.H. Lys. 10 , cf.
J. BJ 2.13.1 ,
4.9.2 .
II). annoyance, trouble,
σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον E. Ion 635 , etc.;
ὄχλον παρέχειν to give
trouble,
Hdt. 1.86 , cf.
E. Med. 337 ,
X. An. 3.2.27 ,
Pl. Phd. 84d ;
δῑ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become
troublesome,
Ar. Ec. 888 ,
Th. 1.73 ,
Pl. Alc. 1.103a ;
μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε D. 18.214 ;
οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο Id. 19.24 .
ShortDef
a moving crowd, a throng, mob
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὄχλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οχλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-76254
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὄχλος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crowd, throng</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.85 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 42 </a> (anap.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐσὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 108 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 44 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mass</span> of the soldiers, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.26 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.64 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.62/canonical-url/"> 7.62 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.88 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὄχλῳ</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">numbers</span> (for an army), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.80 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.109 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.56/canonical-url/"> 4.56 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">undisciplined masses</span> like these, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126/canonical-url/"> 126 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:6:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0015.tlg001:6:7:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdn.</span> 6.7.1 </a> ; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the camp-followers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.4.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:3:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:3:26/canonical-url/"> 4.3.26 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in political sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">populace, mob</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">δῆμος</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">people</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.8 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:304d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:304d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 304d </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:368d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:368d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ax.</span> 368d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:2:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.2.21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ</span>. and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">popular assemblies</span> (in a contemptuous sense), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:455a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:455a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 455a </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:290a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:290a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 290a </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε</span> this is already <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the mouths of the people</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 10 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:13:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:13:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BJ</span> 2.13.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:9:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:9:2/canonical-url/"> 4.9.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mass, multitude</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:827" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:827/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 827 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.192 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἵππων ὄ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 191 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:19:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:19.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Critias</span> 19.5 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">σαρκῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 75e </a> : in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the masses</span>, <span class="quote greek">καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:24:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:24.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 24.4 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:161:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:161.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 161.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:466:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:466.4/canonical-url/"> 466.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1395b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1395b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1395b28 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">annoyance, trouble</span>, <span class="quote greek">σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:635/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 635 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ὄχλον παρέχειν</span> to give <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trouble</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.86 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:337" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:337/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 337 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.2.27 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:84d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:84d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 84d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι</span>, to be or become <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">troublesome</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:888" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:888/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 888 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.73 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1.103a </span>; <span class="quote greek">μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.214 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 19.24 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}