the confused noise of a crowded assembly, uproar, clamour
, Pi.O.10(11).72, Th.8.92, etc.; θόρυβος βοῆσ a confused clamour, S.Ph.1263; θ. στρατιωτῶνAr.Ach.546; θ. ΠυκνίτησCom.Adesp.45D.; θ. παρέχειν ἐν ταῖς βουλαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαισOGI48.9 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.); less freq. of an individual, E.Or.905; of animals, θόρυβον δ' οὐκ ἐφίλησαν ὄνωνCall.Aet.Oxy.2079.30. 2. esp. in token of approbation or the contrary, Pl.R.492b, 492c: a.
of mind, θορύβους ἐνθυμηματικοὺς καὶ ἀποφθεγματικοὺς παρασκευάζεινEpicur.Nat.14.9; ὁ παρὰ κακὰς δόξας θ. Phld.Rh.2.31 S., cf. 40S. III. c. inf., ἐς θόρυβον ἤλυθον ..λευσθῆναι I ran a
risk
of being stoned, E.IA1349 (troch.). (Perh. cogn. with τονθορύζω.)