swarm

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verb intransitive

P. and V. συλλέγεσθαι, συνέρχεσθαι, ἀθροίζεσθαι, συναθροίζεσθαι.

come in crowds: V. πληθύειν (rare P.).

swarm with: V. πλήθειν (gen.); see abound.

be full of: P. and V. γέμειν (gen.).

swarming with: P. and V. μεστός (gen.); see full of.

substantive

swarm of bees: P. and V. σμῆνος, τό (Plato and Sophocles, Fragment, also Ar.), Ar. and P. ἑσμός, ὁ (Plato).

generally of persons or things: P. and V. ἑσμός, ὁ (Plato).

crowd: P. and V. ὄχλος, ὁ, ὅμιλος, ὁ; see crowd.

a swarm of dragons: V. δρακονθόμιλος συνοικία (Aesch., Supplices 267).

in swarms: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος.