διωγμός

A. the chase, X. Cyr. 1.4.21, etc.

2. pursuit, D.S. 4.13, al., Ael. Tact. 34.4, Iamb. VP 31.191.

II. persecution, harassing, in pl., A. Supp. 148, 1046, E. Or. 412; also in later Prose, Plu. 2.483a: sg., Ev.Matt. 13.21, Act.Ap. 8.1.