στενοχωρ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, narrowness of space, a confined space, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14 (codices, but see at {στενυγροχωρίη}) σ. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχειν [prev. work] 41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; want of room, by sea or land, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 4.26, 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708b; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας [prev. author] “Tht.” 195a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to εὐρυχωρία and ἄνεσις, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.679f] Refs 1st c.AD+], compare 182b; σ. βίου the short space of life remaining, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.41; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, straits, difficulty, ἡ σ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passing the river, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.7, cf. LXX.Deu.28.53, +others] LXX+5th c.BC+]; distress, [[ “OGI” 339.103 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ τῆς πόλεως [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.67.1, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.34: _plural_ in NT.2Cor.6.4, “PLond.” 5.1677.11 (6th c.AD)] NT+2nd c.BC+]; also, narrow limits, probably in [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.220 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]