II. jostling, struggling, of combatants in a mêlée, “Περσέων τε καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ὠ. ἐγένετο πολλός” Hdt.7.225; ἀπικέσθαι ἐς ὠ. to come to close quarters, Id.9.62; “ὠ. ἀμφὶ τὰ θύρετρα” X.An.5.2.17; “ὁ περι᾽ τὰς πύλας ὠ. καὶ πνιγμός” Plb.4.58.9, cf. Anaxandr.33.7: metaph., “ὠ. λόγων” dispute, altercation, Hdt.8.78, 9.26.
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