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|Full diacritics=ἀγρός
|Medium diacritics=ἀγρός
|Low diacritics=αγρός
|Capitals=ΑΓΡΟΣ
|Transliteration A=agrós
|Transliteration B=agros
|Transliteration C=agros
|Beta Code=a)gro/s
|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">field</b>, mostly in pl., <b class="b2">fields, lands</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.832</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.757</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.149</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">κῆποι</b>, Theopomp. Hist. <span class="bibl">89</span>; sg., <b class="b2">farm</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.205</span>; also in pl., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.1</span>:—<b class="b2">tilled land</b>, opp. fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, Ἀθηνᾶ <span class="bibl">20.167</span> (Erythrae). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">country</b>, opp. town, <span class="bibl">Od.17.182</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>884</span>, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς <span class="bibl">Epich.169</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγρῷ</b> <b class="b2">in the country</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.188</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγροῦ</b> in <b class="b2">the country</b>, <span class="bibl">1.190</span>, <span class="bibl">22.47</span>; ἐπ' ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος <span class="bibl">1.185</span>; in pl., κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ' ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">17.18</span>; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>112</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγρῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1049</span>; ἀγροῖσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>313</span>; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1051</span>; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14</span>; κατ' ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">Cratin. 318</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>881c</span>; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>387.2</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα</b> <b class="b2">fruits</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.9.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>5.3.9</span>:—prov., <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως</b>, i.e. boorish, Suid., Hsch.—Rare in later Greek, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span> 15.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.134.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>967</span>. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Com., exc.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 579</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.116</span>; ᾱγρόθεν in Alc. Com.<span class="bibl">19</span> is paratrag.] (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">ájras</b> 'plain', prob. fr. <b class="b2">aj</b> 'drive' (cf. [[ἄγω]]), i.e. <b class="b2">pasture</b>.) </span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0024.png Seite 24]] ὁ, Acker, ager (verw. [[ἔργον]], Werk), bearbeitetes Land, bes. ländliche Besitzung im Ggstz. der Stadt, [[ἄστυ]], auch ἀγρὸν πολυδένδρεον Od. 23, 139. Oft im plur., wo wir collectiv. das Land sagen; οἱ ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς u. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν, die Landleute.
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{{ls
|lstext='''ἀγρός''': -οῦ, ὁ, [[χωράφιον]], ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον κατὰ πληθ., ἀγροί, χωράφια, Ἰλ. Ψ. 832, Ὀδ. Δ. 757, Πινδ. Π. 4. 265, Πλάτ., κτλ.: - καθ’ ἑν., [[κτῆμα]], ὑποστατικόν, Ὀδ. Ω. 205. 2) οἱ ἀγροί, ἡ [[ἐξοχή]], κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸ [[πόλις]], Ὀδ. Ρ. 182, καὶ ἀλλ.· ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς, Ἐπίχ. 162· πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἱκ. 884· ἀγρῷ, ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς, ἐν τῇ ἐξοχῇ. Ὀδ. Λ. 188· ἐπ’ ἀγροῦ, ἐν τῇ ἐξοχῇ, Α. 190, Χ. 47· ἐπ’ ἀγροῦ [[νόσφι]] πόληος, Α. 185· ἐν τῷ πληθ.· κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ’ ἀγρούς, Ρ. 18· ἐν οἴκοις, ἢ ἐν ἀγροῖς, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 112· ἐπ’ ἀγρῶν. αὐτ. 1049· ἀγροῖσι, ὁ αὐτ. Ἠλ. 313· τόν ἐξ ἀγρῶν, αὐτ. 1051· οὕτω τά ἐξ ἀγρῶν, Θουκ. 2. 13· πρβλ. 14· κατ’ ἀγρούς, Κρατίνου Ἄδηλ. 178, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 881C· οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ, Ἀρ. Ἀπ. 344. 2· τά ἐν ἀγρῷ γιγνόμενα, καρποί, Ξεν. Ἀπομ. 2. 9, 4., πρβλ. Ἀν. 5. 3, 9. -Παροιμ., οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦ [[πλέως]], ὅ ἐ. [[ἄγροικος]], (ὃ ἴδε) Σουΐδ., Ἡσύχ. (√ ΑΓΡ, ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ [[ἄγριος]], κτλ.· Σανσκρ. aǵras (aequor), Λατ. ager, Γοτθ. akrs, Ἀρχ. Σκανδιναυϊκ. akr, Ἀγγλοσαξ. aecer, Ἀγγλ. acre). [ἄ φύσει βραχύ, ἀλλὰ [[συχν]]. εὕρηται μακρὸν πλὴν παρὰ κωμικοῖς, οἵτινες ἀεὶ ἔχουσιν αὐτὸ βραχύ, ἐξαιρέσει τοῦ Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 579, Φιλήμ. Ἄδηλ. 21· τό: [[ἀγρόθεν]], παρ’ Ἀλκαί. ἐν «Κωμῳδοτραγῳδίαις» Ι, [[εἶναι]] [[παρῳδία]] εἰς τὸ τοῦ Εὐριπ. [[ἀγρόθεν]] πυλῶν ἔσω βαίνων. Ὀρέστ. 866].
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{{bailly
|btext=οῦ (ὁ) :<br /><b>1</b> champ, <i>d’ord. au pl. ; au sg.</i> bien de campagne;<br /><b>2</b> la campagne, <i>p. opp. à la ville</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' cf. <i>lat.</i> ager.
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[field]], [[country]], opp. to [[town]], ἐπ' ἀγροῦ [[νόσφι]] πόληος, Od. 16.383; ἐξ ἀγροῖο πολίνδε, Od. 17.182.
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[ἀγρός]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[field]] “ἀγέλας ἀφίημ' ἀγρούς τε πάντας.” (P. 4.149)
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{{Abbott
|astxt=[[ἀγρός]], -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX [[chiefly]] for שָׂדֶה];<br /><b class="num">1.</b>a [[field]]: Mt 6:28, al. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>the [[country]]: Mk 15:21, al.; pl., [[country]] places, farms: Mk 5:14 6:36 56, Lk 8:34 9:12. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>= [[χωρίον]] a [[piece]] of [[ground]]: Mk 10:29, Ac 4:27, al. (On the [[occurrence]] of [[this]] [[word]] as compared [[with]] [[χώρα]], [[χωρίον]] v. MM, VGT, s.v.)
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=from [[ἄγω]]; a [[field]] (as a [[drive]] for [[cattle]]); genitive [[case]], the [[country]]; [[specially]], a [[farm]], i.e. [[hamlet]]: [[country]], [[farm]], [[piece]] of [[ground]], [[land]].
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