διωγ-μός · diōg-mos — LSJ
the chase, X. Cyr. 1.4.21, etc.
pursuit, D.S. 4.13, al., Ael. Tact. 34.4, Iamb. VP 31.191.
persecution, harassing, in pl., A. Supp. 148, 1046, E. Or. 412; also in later Prose, Plu. Frat. 2.483a: sg., Ev.Matt. 13.21, Act.Ap. 8.1.