ὄγκος

bulk, size, mass of a body, μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. Emp. 20.1 ; ἀέρος ὄ. Id. 100.13 ; σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ Parm. 8.43 : freq. in Pl., μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ Tht. 155a ; τὸν . . ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, Lg. 737c ; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. ib. 959c ; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt. 259b ; ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν Lg. 843b ; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, Plt. 277b, etc.: freq. also in Arist., the space filled by a body, opp. τὸ κενόν, Ph. 203

flatulent distentions, Diocl. Fr. 43 (pl.).

bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, Hdt. 4.62 ; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, Hp. Art. 26 ; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead manʼs ashes, S. El. 1142 ; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, E. Ion 15 ; ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων Arist. HA 515b1 : pl., ὄγκοι bodies, material substances, Id. Metaph. 1085a12, 1089b14 ; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, Id. Aud. 804a15.

a bushy top-knot, Poll. 4.133.

the human body, τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. Ruf. Anat. 30, cf. Sor. 1.26, Plu. QConv. 2.653f, Gal. 1.272.

metaph., bulk, weight, trouble, βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. S. OC 1341.

weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, Id. Tr. 817 ; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt oneʼs dignity, Id. Aj. 129 ; βραχὺν . . μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων of pretension, Id. OC 1162 ; μείζονʼ ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν E. Tr. 1158 ; ἔχει τινʼ ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα Id. Ph. 717 ; ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης Id. Fr. 81 ; τοῖς ζῶσι δʼ ὄγκος Id. Rh. 760 ; ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. Isoc. 1.30 ; τῷ . . γένους ὄγκῳ Pl. Alc. 1.121b ; πραγμάτων ὄ. Epicur. Fr. 548 ; τῆ

of style, loftiness, majesty, ὄ. τῆς λέξεως Arist. Rh. 1407b26 ; ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. Id. Po. 1459b28, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 36, al. : in bad sense, bombast, ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. Plu. Profect. 2.79b.

in Philos., particle, mass, body, Epicur. Ep. 1p.16U., Nat. 12G., Asclep. Bith. ap. S.E. M. 9.363 ; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, Id. ap. Gal. 1.499.