στενοχωρέω

A. to be straitened, confined, Macho ap.Ath. 13.582b: metaph., to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι Hp. Praec. 8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος IPE 12.39.18 (Olbia, not before ii A.D.).

II. trans., crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας Luc. Nigr. 13; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, Charito 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς Lib. Or. 59.15:—Pass., with fut. Med. (Them. Or. 25.310d), to be crowded together, D.S. 20.29, Charito 3.2; ἐν ταὐτῷ ς. Luc. Tox. 29; χῶραι ‐οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων J. BJ 4.3.10; ἀγορὰ ‐ουμένη ὄχλῳ D.H. 6.67; of stricture, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.9.1; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης ‐ούμενος Isid.Char. 1, cf. Sch.Il. Oxy. 221 xi 8, Porph. Sent. 27; of a picture, Them. l.c.

2. metaph., press closely, tina LXX Jd. 16.16:—Pass., to be straitened, cramped, ib.Is. 28.19(20), Procl. Inst. 98; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις 2 Ep.Cor. 6.12; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν Sch.E. Med. 57.