ἀγορά?
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: agorā
Principal Part:
ἀγορά
ἀγορᾶς
Structure:
ἀγορ
(Stem)
+
α
(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.
- καὶ ἐλθὼν εἶπε. πάτερ, εἷς ἐκ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐστραγγαλωμένος ἔρριπται ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 2:3)
- καὶ κλείσουσι θύρας ἐν ἀγορᾷ, ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ φωνῆς τῆς ἀληθούσης, καὶ ἀναστήσεται εἰς φωνὴν τοῦ στρουθίου, καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ θυγατέρες τοῦ ᾄσματος. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 12:4)
- καὶ ἀπὸ ὕψους ὄψονται, καὶ θάμβοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. καὶ ἀνθήσῃ τὸ ἀμύγδαλον, καὶ παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς, καὶ διασκεδασθῇ ἡ κάππαρις, ὅτι ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς οἶκον αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν ἐν ἀγορᾷ οἱ κοπτόμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 12:5)
- ἀναστήσομαι δὴ καὶ κυκλώσω ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις, καὶ ζητήσω ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου. ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 3:2)
- ὡς εἴ γε τὸ κεκτῆσθαι τὰ βιβλία καὶ πεπαιδευμένον ἀπέφαινε τὸν ἔχοντα, πολλοῦ ἂν ὡς ἀληθῶς τὸ κτῆμα ἦν ἄξιον καὶ μόνων ὑμῶν τῶν πλουσίων, εἰ ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἦν πριάσθαι τοὺς πένητας ἡμᾶς ὑπερβάλλοντας. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 4:6)
- ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε καὶ χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ὁδῷ βαδίζων εὑρ῀εν, γραμματεῖον ἐν ἀγορᾷ προθεὶς ἠξίου τὸν ἀπολέσαντα, ὅστις εἰή τοῦ δακτυλίου δεσπότης, ἥκειν καὶ εἰπόντα ὁλκὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ λίθον καὶ τύπον ἀπολαμβάνειν: (Lucian, (no name) 17:1)
- σὺ μὲν κήρυττε καταπτάμενος ὅτι ἀγορὰ δικῶν ἔσται κατὰ τάδε. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 4:11)
Synonyms
-
assembly
- ἁλία (an assembly of the people)
- πανήγυρις (the assembly, people assembled)
-
the place of assembly
-
speech
-
market
-
things sold at market
-
sale
-
the time of market