ἀγορά̄
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀγορά̄
ἀγορᾶς
Structure:
ἀγορ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- assembly, especially an assembly of the people (as opposed to a council, βουλή (boulḗ))
- the place of assembly
- speech
- market
- things sold at market, provisions, supplies
- sale
- the time of market: midday
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- μεσταὶ δὲ Διὸσ πᾶσαι μὲν ἀγυιαί, πᾶσαι δ’ ἀνθρώπων ἀγοραί. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 14:1)
- ἦν γάρ ποτε χρόνοσ, ὅτε καὶ μάντισ ἐδόκουν αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἰατρὸσ καὶ πάντα ὅλωσ ἦν ἐγώ, μεσταὶ δὲ Διὸσ πᾶσαι μὲν ἀγυιαί, πᾶσαι δὲ ἀνθρώπων ἀγοραί· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 24:7)
- μεσταὶ γὰρ αὐτοῖσ τῶν φιλτάτων πᾶσαι μὲν ἀγυιαί, πᾶσαι δὲ ἀγοραί· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 16:1)
- "εἰ τότε μὴ θῆλυ θηρίον ἐπῆλθε φλεγμαῖνον ὑπὸ πλήθουσ καὶ φορᾶσ γάλακτοσ καὶ τραφησομένου δεόμενον μᾶλλον ἢ θρέψοντοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀνήμερόν τι τελέωσ καὶ λιμῶττον, οὐκ ἂν ἔτι νῦν τὰ καλὰ ταῦτα βασίλεια καὶ ναοὶ καὶ θέατρα καὶ περίπατοι καὶ ἀγοραὶ καὶ ἀρχεῖα βοτηρικαὶ καλύβαι καὶ σταθμοὶ νομέων ἦσαν Ἀλβανὸν ἢ Τυρρηνὸν ἢ Λατῖνον ἄνδρα δεσπότην προσκυνούντων; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 8 5:7)
- αἵ τε Πανελλήνων ἀγοραὶ θαλίαι τε ἀνάκτων, ἐξ οὗ βοτρυόεσσ1’ οἰνὰσ ὑποχθόνιον πτόρθον ἀνασχομένη θαλερῷ ἐπτύξατο πήχει αἰθέροσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 683)
Synonyms
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assembly
-
the place of assembly
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speech
-
market
-
things sold at market
-
sale
-
the time of market
