swarm

swarm
v. intrans.
P. and V. συλλέγεσθαι, σῠνέρχεσθαι, ἀθροίζεσθαι, σῠναθροίζεσθαι.
Come in crowds: V. πληθύειν (rare P.).
Swarm with: V. πλήθειν (gen.); see abound.
Be full of: P. and V. γέμειν (gen.).
Swarming with: P. and V. μεστός (gen.); see full of.

swarm
subs.
Swarm of bees: P. and V. σμῆνος, τό (Plat. and Soph. Frag., also Ar.), Ar. and P. ἑσμός, ὁ (Plat.).
Generally of persons or things: P. and V. ἑσμός, ὁ (Plat.).
Crowd: P. and V. ὄχλος, ὁ, ὅμῑλος, ὁ ; see crowd.
A swarm of dragons: V. δρακονθόμιλος συνοικία (Aesch. Supp. 267).
In swarms: use adj., P. and V. ἁθρόος.

SWARM

s. apum pullities (Col. of bees): examen (apum Cic.; also of other things): vis turba (great number).

swarm (subs.):

1. exāmen, ĭnis, n.: s. of bees: Virg. G. 2, 452: Cic.: Juv.

2. pullities, ēi, f.: Col. 9, 11.

3. s. of people: vis: turba: v. CROWD, THRONG.

swarm (v.):

A. Intrans.:

I. Of bees:

1. exāmĭno, 1. the hives s., ex. alvi, Col. 9, 14, 5.

2. fētus ēdūcere: Virg. G. 4, 163.

II. To come together in crowds: glomerāri: stīpare aliquem (to s. round any one): concurrere: v. TO THRONG.

B. Trans.: to climb: to s. a wall, murum scandere, conscendere: v. CLIMB.

ἔθνος
a company, body of men (Hom.); a people, a tribe; a swarm, flock
ἅλις
in heaps, crowds, swarms, in abundance, in plenty

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ἀφεσμός
swarm of bees
ἑσμός
a swarm, a stream