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|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[field]], 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., [[farm]], <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> [[country]], 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> [[fruits]], <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. [[ájras]] 'plain', prob. fr. [[aj]] 'drive' (cf. [[ἄγω]]), i.e. [[pasture]].) </span>