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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">crowd, throng</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.85</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>42</span> (anap.), etc.; ἐσὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>108</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>44</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν</b> the [[mass]] of the soldiers, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.6.64</span>, <span class="bibl">7.62</span>; μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν <span class="bibl">Id.2.88</span>; <b class="b3">ὄχλῳ</b> in [[numbers]] (for an army), <span class="bibl">Id.1.80</span>; ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. <span class="bibl">Id.3.109</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.56</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ</b>. <b class="b2">undisciplined masses</b> like these, ib.<span class="bibl">126</span>; ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός <span class="bibl">Hdn.6.7.1</span>; of <b class="b2">the camp-followers</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.26</span>, <span class="bibl">4.3.26</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in political sense, <b class="b2">populace, mob</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δῆμος</b> ([[people]]), <span class="bibl">Th.7.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>304d</span>; πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ax.</span>368d</span>; οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.21</span>; <b class="b3">δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ</b>. and <b class="b2">popular assemblies</b> (in a contemptuous sense), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>455a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthd.</span>290a</span>: prov., <b class="b3">δι' ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε</b> this is already <b class="b2">in the mouths of the people</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Lys.</span>10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.13.1</span>, <span class="bibl">4.9.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">mass, multitude</b>, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 827</span>; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.192</span>; <b class="b3">ἵππων ὄ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>191</span> (lyr.); ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ. <span class="bibl">Critias 19.5</span> D.; σαρκῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>75e</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">the masses</b>, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους <span class="bibl">Diph.24.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.161.1</span>, <span class="bibl">466.4</span>; πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1395b28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">annoyance, trouble</b>, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>635</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὄχλον παρέχειν</b> to give [[trouble]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 84d</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι</b>, to be or become [[troublesome]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>888</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.73</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.103a; μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε <span class="bibl">D.18.214</span>; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο <span class="bibl">Id.19.24</span>.</span>