θόρῠβ-ος, ὁ,
noise, especially the confused noise of a crowded assembly, uproar, clamour, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θόρυβος βοῆς a confused clamour, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1263; θ. στρατιωτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 546; θ. Πυκνίτης “Comica Adespota” 45D.; θ. παρέχειν ἐν ταῖς βουλαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις “OGI” 48.9 (Ptolemais, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; less frequently of an individual, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 905 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, θόρυβον δ᾽ οὐκ ἐφίλησαν ὄνων [[ Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.30. ] Refs]
__2 especially in token of approbation or the contrary, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492b, 492c: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.a applause, θ. Ληναΐτης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 547; θ. καὶ ἔπαινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 339d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.195; θόρυβον καὶ κρότον ἐποιήσατε [prev. author] 21.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b groans, murmurs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς great murmurs are abroad among us, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 142 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II tumult, confusion, θ. παρασχεῖν τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς θ. ἀπικέσθαι, καταστῆναι, [[ [prev. author] 8.56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104; ἐγένετο ὁ θ. μέγας, in a battle, [prev. work] 14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κραυγὴ καὶ θ. [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον ἀγαθοῦ βασιλέως” p.22 O.: _plural_, θ. ὀχλώδεις καὶ παροινίαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 239. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]