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