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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be straitened]], [[be confined]], Macho ap.Ath.13.582b: metaph., to [[be anxious]], [[be in difficulty]], ἐπί τινι Hp.''Praec.''8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος ''IPE''12.39.18 (Olbia, not before ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[crowd]], [[straiten]], τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας Luc.''Nigr.''13; <b class="b3">τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς</b>, Charito 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς Lib.''Or.''59.15:—Pass., with fut. Med. (Them.''Or.''25.310d), to [[be crowded together]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]20.29, Charito 3.2; <b class="b3">ἐν ταὐτῷ σ.</b> Luc. ''Tox.''29; χῶραι στενοχωροῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων J.''BJ''4.3.10; ἀγορὰ στενοχωρουμένη ὄχλῳ D.H.6.67; of stricture, Heliod. ap. Orib.50.9.1; to [[be cramped]] or [[be confined]], ὁ Εὐφράτης στενοχωρούμενος Isid.Char.1, cf. Sch.Il.''Oxy.''221 xi 8, Porph.''Sent.''27; of a picture, Them. [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[press closely]], [[tina]] [[LXX]] ''Jd.''16.16:—Pass., to [[be straitened]], [[be cramped]], ib.''Is.''28.19(20), Procl.''Inst.''98; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις ''2 Ep.Cor.''6.12; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν</b> Sch.[[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 57.