στενοχωρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ίη, ἡ</b>, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[narrowness of space]], [[a confined space]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>14</span> (codd., but v. [[στενυγροχωρίη]]) <b class="b3"> σ. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχειν</b> ib. <span class="bibl">41</span>; [[want of room]], by sea or land, <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>, <span class="bibl">4.26</span>,<span class="bibl">30</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>708b</span>; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>195a</span>; opp. [[εὐρυχωρία]] and [[ἄνεσις]], Plu.2.679f, cf. 182b; <b class="b3">σ. βίου</b> [[the short space]] of life [[remaining]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>2.41</span>; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>64.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[straits]], [[difficulty]], <b class="b3">ἡ σ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ</b> [[difficulty of passing]] the river, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.3.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">De.</span>28.53</span>, al.; [[distress]], <span class="title">OGI</span>339.103 (Sestos, ii B.C.); ἡ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Plb.1.67.1</span>, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ <span class="bibl">D.C. 39.34</span>: pl. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>6.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>5.1677.11</span> (vi A.D.); also, [[narrow limits]], prob. in Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.220 S.</span>