στενοχωρ-έω,
to be straitened, confined, [[ 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.582b ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος “IPE” 12.39.18 (Olbia, not before 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 13 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.15 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, with future middle [[(4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 25.310d)] Refs 4th c.AD+], to be crowded together, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.29, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐν ταὐτῷ σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 29; χῶραι -οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.10; ἀγορὰ -ουμένη ὄχλῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of stricture, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.9.1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης -ούμενος [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Isidorus Characenus Geographus 1, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221 xi 8, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a picture, [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista [prev. cited] ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 metaphorically, press closely, tina [[ LXX.Judg.16.16 ] LXX]:—passive, to be straitened, cramped,[[LXX.Isa.28.19(20), 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 98 ] LXX+5th c.AD+]; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις [[ NT.2Cor.6.12 ] NT]; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]