The corpus record

ὠθ-ισμός

othismos · ὁ

thrusting, pushing

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Where it lives

Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

thrusting, pushing

thrusting, pushing, ἀσπίδων of shield against shield, Th. 4.96.

II jostling, struggling, close quarters, dispute, altercation

jostling, struggling, of combatants in a mêlée, Περσέων τε καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ὠ. ἐγένετο πολλός Hdt. 7.225; ἀπικέσθαι ἐς ὠ. to come to close quarters, Id. 9.62; ὠ. ἀμφὶ τὰ θύρετρα X. An. 5.2.17; ὁ περιʼ τὰς πύλας ὠ. καὶ πνιγμός Plb. 4.58.9, cf. Anaxandr. 33.7: metaph., ὠ. λόγων dispute, altercation, Hdt. 8.78, 9.26.

In the wild

ὠθισμὸς · ōthismos Herodotus, Histories 7.225.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8367)
ὠθισμὸς · ōthismos Herodotus, Histories 8.78.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8876)
ὠθισμὸς · ōthismos Herodotus, Histories 9.26.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9482)
ὠθισμόν · ōthismon Herodotus, Histories 9.62.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9748)
ὠθισμῶν · ōthismōn Plotinus, Enneads 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1881)
ὠθισμὸς · ōthismos Plotinus, Enneads 3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2192)

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Where it came from

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