ὄγκος
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ,
A barb of an arrow, in pl., the barbed points, νεῦρόν τε καὶ ὄγκους Il.4.151, cf. 214 ; ὄγκοι τοῦ βέλους Philostr.Im.2.23 : sg., Onos.19.3. 2 οἱ τῆς νεὼς ὄ. brackets, Moschio ap.Ath.5.208b.
ὄγκος (B), ὁ,
A bulk, size, mass of a body, μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. Emp. 20.1 ; ἀέρος ὄ. Id.100.13 ; σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ Parm.8.43 : freq. in Pl., μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ Tht.155a ; τὸν . . ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, Lg.737c ; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. ib.959c ; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt.259b ; ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν Lg.843b ; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, Plt.277b, etc.: freq. also in Arist., the space filled by a body, opp. τὸ κενόν, Ph.203b28, al. ; ἴσος τὸν ὄ. in bulk, GC 326b20 ; ὄγκῳ μικρόν EN1178a1, etc. b flatulent distentions, Diocl.Fr.43 (pl.). 2 bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, Hdt. 4.62 ; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, Hp.Art.26 ; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, S.El.1142 ; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, E.Ion15 ; ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων Arist.HA 515b1 : pl., ὄγκοι bodies, material substances, Id.Metaph.1085a12, 1089b14 ; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, Id.Aud.804a15. 3 a bushy top-knot, Poll.4.133. 4 the human body, τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. Ruf.Anat.30, cf. Sor.1.26, Plu.2.653f, Gal.1.272. II metaph., bulk, weight, trouble, βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. S.OC 1341. 2 weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, Id.Tr. 817 ; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, Id.Aj.129 ; βραχὺν . . μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων of pretension, Id.OC1162 ; μείζον' ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν E. Tr.1158 ; ἔχει τιν' ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα Id.Ph.717 ; ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης Id.Fr.81 ; τοῖς ζῶσι δ' ὄγκος Id.Rh.760 ; ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. Isoc.1.30 ; τῷ . . γένους ὄγκῳ Pl.Alc.1.121b ; πραγμάτων ὄ. Epicur. Fr.548 ; τῆς ἀρχῆς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ ὁ ὄ. Plu.Fab.4 ; ὄγκον περιθεῖναί τινι Id.Per.4, etc. 3 of style, loftiness, majesty, ὄ. τῆς λέξεως Arist. Rh.1407b26 ; ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. Id.Po.1459b28, cf. Demetr.Eloc.36, al. : in bad sense, bombast, ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. Plu.2.79b. III in Philos., particle, mass, body, Epicur.Ep.1p.16U., Nat.12G., Asclep. Bith. ap. S.E.M.9.363 ; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, Id. ap. Gal.1.499.
ὄγκος (C), ον, as Adj. ;
A v. ὀγκηρός fin.