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ἀγρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγρός ἀγροῦ

Structure: ἀγρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a short by nature

Sense

  1. field, land, countryside

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀγρός ἀγρώ ἀγροί
Genitive ἀγροῦ ἀγροῖν ἀγρῶν
Dative ἀγρῷ ἀγροῖν ἀγροῖς
Accusative ἀγρόν ἀγρώ ἀγρούς
Vocative ἀγρέ ἀγρώ ἀγροί

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 πᾶν χλωρὸν ἀγροῦ πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντα χόρτον ἀγροῦ πρὸ τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι. οὐ γὰρ ἔβρεξεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἄνθρωποσ οὐκ ἦν ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:5)
  • καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὰ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀδάμ, ἰδεῖν τί καλέσει αὐτά. καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ Ἀδὰμ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:19)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ ὀνόματα πᾶσι τοῖσ κτήνεσι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τοῦ ἀγροῦ. τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ οὐχ εὑρέθη βοηθὸσ ὅμοιοσ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:20)
  • ἀκάνθασ καὶ τριβόλουσ ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φαγῇ τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:18)

Synonyms

  1. field

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