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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[crowd]], [[throng]], <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 ὄχλος τῶν στρατιωτῶν</b> the [[mass]] of the [[soldier]]s, <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 ὄχλον Πελοποννησίων νεῶν <span class="bibl">Id.2.88</span>; [[ὄχλῳ]] = [[in numbers]] (for an [[army]]), <span class="bibl">Id.1.80</span>; ὁ [[μισθοφόρος]] ὄχλος <span class="bibl">Id.3.109</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.56</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄχλοι</b> [[undisciplined]] [[mass]]es like these, ib.<span class="bibl">126</span>; ὄχλος μᾶλλον ἢ [[στρατός]] <span class="bibl">Hdn.6.7.1</span>; of the [[camp followers|camp-followers]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> in political sense, [[populace]], [[mob]], opp. [[δῆμος]] ([[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 ὄχλου ἰσομοιρίαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.21</span>; <b class="b3">δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄχλων</b> and [[popular assemblies]] (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>: [[proverb|prov.]], [[δι' ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε]] = [[this is already in the mouths of the people]], <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"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[mass]], [[multitude]], ὄχλος τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 827</span>; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄχλον τῶν πραχθέντων <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.192</span>; <b class="b3">ἵππων ὄχλος</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>191</span> (lyr.); [[ἄκριτος]] ἄστρων ὄχλος <span class="bibl">Critias 19.5</span> D.; σαρκῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>75e</span>: in plural, [[the masses]], [[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 ὄχλοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1395b28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[annoyance]], [[trouble]], σχολὴν ὄχλος τε μέτριον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>635</span>, etc.; [[ὄχλον παρέχειν]] = 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>; [[δι' ὄχλου εἶναι]], [[δι' ὄχλου γενέσθαι]], to [[be troublesome]] 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 ὄχλον τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε <span class="bibl">D.18.214</span>; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄχλος ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο <span class="bibl">Id.19.24</span>.</span>