ὀχλέω

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(ὄχλος)

   A move, disturb, ψηφῖδες ἅπασαι ὀχλεῦνται all the pebbles are rolled or swept away by the water, Il.21.261.    II generally, trouble, importune, c. acc., Hdt.5.41; ὀχλεῖς μάτην με A.Pr.1001; disturb citizens by false alarms, Aen. Tact.6.1: abs., to be troublesome or irksome, Hp.Epid.2.1.3, S.OT446, OGI262.22 (Baetocaece); ὀ. πρὸς αὐγάς impede the sight, Hp.Prorrh.1.147 = Coac.191 (v.l.): freq. in Pap., POxy.269 ii 4 (i A. D.), etc.:—Pass., to be troubled, ὑπέρ τινος Arist.EN1167a10, cf. 1171b19; ἀσθενείᾳ σώματος Plb.Fr.188; ὑπὸ ὑδέρου Hippiatr.38; τὴν ἀκοήν Phld.Po.2.18; cf. ἐνοχλέω: later c. inf., μὴ ὀχλοῦ δὲ πέμπειν τι ἡμῖν don't trouble to . ., POxy.1481.6 (ii A. D.).    III in Pass., to be crowded, ὁδὸς . . ἥτις οὐ πολὺ ὀχλεῖται Ceb.15 (nisi πολυοχλεῖται leg.).