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ἀγορά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγορά̄ ἀγορᾶς

Structure: ἀγορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a)gei/rw

Sense

  1. assembly, especially an assembly of the people (as opposed to a council, βουλή ‎(boulḗ))
  2. the place of assembly
  3. speech
  4. market
  5. things sold at market, provisions, supplies
  6. sale
  7. 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.

Examples

  • 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)
  • ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε καὶ χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ὁδῷ βαδίζων εὑρ͂εν, 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 γοῦν μοι τἀληθέσ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ἂν εἴποισ μόνοσ, ἅτε συνὼν αὐτοῖσ τὰ πολλὰ καὶ συνδιατρίβων ἒν τε γυμνασίοισ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ‐ καὶ ἀγοραῖοσ γὰρ εἶ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἐκκλησίαισ κηρύττεισ ‐ ὁποῖοι γεγένηνται καὶ εἰ δυνατή μοι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἡ μονή. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 8:7)
  • σὺ μὲν κήρυττε καταπτάμενοσ ὅτι ἀγορὰ δικῶν ἔσται κατὰ τάδε. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 4:11)

Synonyms

  1. assembly

  2. the place of assembly

  3. speech

  4. market

  5. things sold at market

  6. sale

  7. the time of market

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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