ὄχλος
ὄχλος
.ὄχλος, ὁ,
a moving crowd, a throng, mob, Pind., Aesch., etc.; ὁ ὄχλος τῶν στρατιωτῶν the mass of the soldiers, Xen.; τῷ ὄχλῳ in point of numbers, Thuc.; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄχλοι undisciplined masses like these, Thuc.
in political sense, the populace, mob, Lat. turba, opp. to δῆμος, Thuc., Xen.
generally, a mass, multitude, ὄχλος λόγων Aesch.
like Lat. turba, annoyance, trouble, ὄχλον παρέχειν τινί to give one trouble, Hdt.; διʼ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι to be or become troublesome, Ar., Thuc.