to push and be pushed about, to jostle with, jostle, and be jostled, jostles
Pass., Frequentat. of ὠθέομαι, to push and be pushed about, mostly c. dat. pers., to jostle with another, jostle him and be jostled by him, ὠστιεῖ Κλεονύμῳ Ar. Ach. 844; δούλαισιν ὠστιζομένη Id. Lys. 330 (lyr.); ὠστιοῦνται . . ἀλλήλοισι περὶ πρώτου ξύλου Id. Ach. 24: abs., ἐς τὴν προεδρίαν πᾶς ἀνὴρ ὠστίζεται jostles for the first seat, ib. 42, cf. Pl. 330; so, Comically, τῶν . . πλακούντων ὠστιζομένων περὶ τὴν γνάθον Telecl. 1.13.