στενοχωρ-ία, Ion.
-ίη,ἡ ,
A. narrowness of space, a confined space, Hp. Art. 14 (codd., but v. στενυγροχωρίη )ς. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχεινib. 41 ;want of room, by sea or land, Th. 2.89 , 4.26 , 30 , Pl. Lg. 708b ; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας
Id. Tht. 195a
; opp.εὐρυχωρίαandἄνεσις, Plu. 2.679f , cf. 182b ;ς. βίου the short spaceof liferemaining, Ael. VH 2.41 ; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ
Lib. Or. 64.10
.
II. metaph.,straits, difficulty,ἡ ς. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passingthe river, X. HG 1.3.7 , cf. LXX De. 28.53 , al.;distress, OGI 339.103 (Sestos,ii B.C.); ἡ τῆς πόλεως
Plb. 1.67.1
, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ
D.C. 39.34
: pl. in 2 Ep.Cor. 6.4 , PLond. 5.1677.11
(vi A.D.); also,narrow limits, prob. in Phld. Rh. 2.220