στενοχωρέω

English (LSJ)

   A to be straitened, confined, Macho ap.Ath.13.582b: metaph., to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι Hp.Praec.8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος IPE12.39.18 (Olbia, not before ii A.D.).    II trans., crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας Luc.Nigr.13; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, Charito 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς Lib.Or.59.15:—Pass., with fut. Med. (Them.Or.25.310d), to be crowded together, D.S.20.29, Charito 3.2; ἐν ταὐτῷ σ. Luc. Tox.29; χῶραι -οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων J.BJ4.3.10; ἀγορὰ -ουμένη ὄχλῳ D.H.6.67; of stricture, Heliod. ap. Orib.50.9.1; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης -ούμενος Isid.Char.1, cf. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 xi 8, Porph.Sent.27; of a picture, Them. l.c.    2 metaph., press closely, tina LXX Jd.16.16:—Pass., to be straitened, cramped, ib.Is.28.19(20), Procl.Inst.98; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις 2 Ep.Cor.6.12; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν Sch.E.Med.57.