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.
- τὰσ δὲ μεταξὺ τῶν ἀγορῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ αὐτουργοί τ’ ὄντεσ οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ πένητεσ ἐν τοῖσ ἀγροῖσ διέτριβον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 58 5:1)
- τοὺσ δοξοκόπουσ ἐκβάλλουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἀγορῶν οἱ δῆμοι κραυγῇ καὶ ψόφῳ, καθάπερ οἶμαι τοὺσ ψᾶρασ οἱ γεωργοί. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 5:1)
- οἱ Δαλμάται δ’ ἤδη κάμνοντεσ ὑπὸ λιμοῦ, τῶν ἔξωθεν ἀγορῶν ἀποκεκλεισμένοι, ἐρχομένῳ τῷ Καίσαρι ὑπήντων καὶ σφᾶσ παρέδοσαν σὺν ἱκετηρίᾳ, ὅμηρά τε δόντεσ ἑπτακοσίουσ παῖδασ, οὓσ καὶ ὁ Καῖσαρ ᾔτει, καὶ τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ σημεῖα τὰ Γαβινίου· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 4:3)
- λουτρὰ μέν γε τοσαῦτα ὥστε ἀπορήσαισ ἂν οὗ λούσαιο, δρόμοι δὲ ἁπάσησ ἰδέασ, οἱ μὲν ἐν βάθει τῆσ πόλεωσ, οἱ δ’ ἐπὶ τέρμασιν, ἄλλοσ ἄλλον κωλύων τὸν κάλλιστον εἶναι, κρῆναι δὲ καὶ πηγαὶ κατ’ οἰκίασ τε καὶ πλείουσ ἢ κατ’ οἰκίαν, καὶ στενωποὶ ἀντ’ ἀγορῶν καὶ στενωποὶ τέτραχα σχίζοντεσ ἀλλήλουσ εἰσ ὑποδοχὴν τοῦ ἡλίου, μικροῦ δέω λέγειν ὃ πρόσθεν ἠρνούμην, πολλὰσ πόλεισ ποιοῦντεσ τῇ περιγραφῇ, μίμημα τῆσ πάσησ ἑκάστην. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:5)
Synonyms
-
assembly
-
the place of assembly
-
speech
-
market
-
things sold at market
-
sale
-
the time of market
