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ὄχλος

ochlos · ὁ

crowd, throng

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Where it lives

  • Mark 38 · 34.53/10k
  • Matthew 49 · 27.32/10k
  • Bel et Draco (LXX) 2 · 23.81/10k
  • Luke 41 · 21.26/10k
  • John 20 · 13.09/10k
  • Susanna (LXX) 1 · 13.09/10k
  • Acts 22 · 12.21/10k
  • Hecuba 7 · 9.77/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 8 · 8.96/10k
  • Orestes 8 · 8.16/10k
  • Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
  • Daniel (LXX) 7 · 6.66/10k

Densest 12 of 78 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

crowd, throng, mass, numbers, undisciplined masses, the camp-followers

crowd, throng, Pi. P. 4.85, A. Pers. 42 (anap.), etc.; ἐς ὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν E. Or. 108, cf. Heracl. 44; ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the mass of the soldiers, X. Cyr. 6.1.26, cf. Th. 6.64, 7.62; μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν Id. 2.88; ὄχλῳ in numbers (for an army), Id. 1.80; ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. Id. 3.109, cf. 4.56; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ. undisciplined masses like these, ib. 126; ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός Hdn. 6.7.1; of the camp-followers, X. An. 3.4.26, 4.3.26, etc.

2 populace, mob, people, popular assemblies, in the mouths of the people

in political sense, populace, mob, opp. δῆμος (people), Th. 7.8, cf. Pl. Plt. 304d; πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν Id. Ax. 368d; οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν X. Cyr. 2.2.21; δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense), Pl. Grg. 455a, cf. Euthd. 290a: prov., διʼ 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.

3 mass, multitude, the masses

generally, mass, multitude, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων A. Pr. 827; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων Isoc. 12.192; ἵππων ὄ. E. IA 191 (lyr.); ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ. Critias 19.5 D.; σαρκῶν Pl. Ti. 75e: in pl., the masses, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους Diph. 24.4, cf. Men. 161.1, 466.4; πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ. Arist. Rh. 1395b28.

II annoyance, trouble, trouble, troublesome

annoyance, trouble, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον E. Ion 635, etc.; ὄχλον παρέχειν to give trouble, Hdt. 1.86, cf. E. Med. 337, X. An. 3.2.27, Pl. Phd. 84d; διʼ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become troublesome, Ar. Ec. 888, Th. 1.73, Pl. Alc. 1.103a; μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε D. 18.214; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο Id. 19.24.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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