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|Definition=[ᾰγ], ᾶς, Ion. [[ἀγορή]], ῆς, ἡ, ([[ἀγείρω]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[assembly]], especially of the People, opp. the Council of Chiefs, <span class="bibl">Il.2.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.69</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν δ' οὔτ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι</b> (sc. Κυκλώπεσσι) <span class="bibl">Od.9.112</span>; ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων ἀ γένετ' οὐδέ τις ἔτλη ἕζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.246</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. Πυλάτιδες</b>, of the [[Amphictyonic Council]] at [[Pylae]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>638</span>, cf. Ion Eleg.<span class="bibl">1.3</span>; μακάρων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span> 8(7).29</span>, cf. <span class="title">AB</span>210; [[ἀγορήνδε]] καλέσσασθαι, [[κηρύσσειν]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.54</span>, <span class="bibl">2.51</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.489</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.171</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">8.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.245</span>; ἀγορήνδε καθέζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.1.372</span>.—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.3</span>; ποιῆσαι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.27</span>; ἀγορὰς ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>150</span>: of the assembly in Attic demes, <span class="bibl">D.44.36</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.585, al.; ἀ. συνέδριον φυλετῶν καὶ δημοτῶν <span class="title">AB</span>327: in late Prose, <b class="b3">ἀ. δικῶν προθεῖναι, καταστήσασθαι</b>, = Lat. [[conventus agere]], Luc.Bis Acc. 4,12: [[meeting]] for [[game]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.14</span>: metaph., μυρμήκων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Icar.</span>19</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], θεῶν ἀγορά = '[[Babel]]', Suid., etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[place of assembly]], τοὺς δ' εὗρ' εἰν ἀγορῇ <span class="bibl">Il.7.382</span>; ἵνα σφ' ἀ. τε θέμις τε <span class="bibl">11.807</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Od.6.266</span>; pl., <span class="bibl">Od.8.16</span>; οὔτε . . εἰς ἀ. ἔρχεται οὔτε δίκας <span class="bibl">Thgn. 268</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[market-place]], perh. not earlier than <span class="title">Hom.Epigr.</span> 14.5 <b class="b3">πολλὰ μὲν εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα, πολλὰ δ' ἀγυιαῖς</b>; freq. in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.93</span>; θεοὶ . . ἀγορᾶς ἐπίσκοποι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 272</span>; μέση Τραχινίων ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>424</span>; ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει δέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.6.44</span>; ὀλιγάκις . . ἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>919</span>; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς = [[market]] [[people]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.18</span>; ἐξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>181</span>, etc.; εἰς ἀγοράν [[ἐμβάλλειν]] = to go into the [[forum]], i. e. be a [[citizen]], <span class="bibl">Lycurg.5</span>; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ [[ἐργάζεσθαι]] = to [[trade]] in the [[market]], <span class="bibl">D.57.31</span>; εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν [[χειροτονεῖν]] (opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον</b>) 'for the [[market]]', <span class="bibl">Id.4.26</span>; the [[Roman]] [[Forum]], <span class="bibl">D.H.5.48</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[business]] of the [[ἀγορά]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[public]] [[speaking]], [[gift]] of [[speaking]], mostly in pl., <b class="b3">ἔσχ' ἀγοράων</b> withheld him from [[speaking]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.275</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">788</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.818</span>; ᾠδὴν ἀντ' ἀγορῆς θέμενος <span class="bibl">Sol.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[market]], ἀγορὰν [[παρασκευάζειν]] <span class="bibl">Th.7.40</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>3.4.11</span>; ἀ. [[παρέχειν]] <span class="bibl">Th.6.44</span>, etc.; [[ἄγειν]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.33</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι</b> to have [[supplies]], ib.<span class="bibl">7.6.24</span>; τῆς ἀγορᾶς [[εἴργεσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Th.1.67</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>29</span>; ἀγορά ἐλευθέρα, i. e. <b class="b3">καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1331a31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.3</span>; opp. ἀ. ἀναγκαία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1331b11</span>; generally, [[provisions]], [[supplies]], PPetr.3p.131 (iii B. C.), <span class="title">PS</span>14.354 (iii B. C.), al.; in pl., Nic.Dam.p.6.17 D.; <b class="b3">ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν</b> cut off [[supplies]], <span class="bibl">D.H.10.43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[market]], [[sale]], ἀγορά τῶν βιβλίων, ἀγορά τῶν παρθένων</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Ind.</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>4.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nicoch.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> as a mark of time, ἀγορά πλήθουσα = the [[forenoon]], when the [[market-place]] was [[full]], ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.181</span>; πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.10</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>695.38 (Magn. Mae.); περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.1.7</span>, <span class="bibl">1.8.1</span>; ἐν ἀ. πληθούσῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>469d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span>; also ἀγορῆς πληθώρη <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.173</span>, <span class="bibl">7.223</span>; poet., ἐν ἀ. πλήθοντος ὄχλου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.85</span>; πρὶν ἀ. πεπληθέναι <span class="bibl">Pherecr.29</span>: ἀγορῆς [[διάλυσις]] = the [[time]] [[just]] [[after]] [[midday]], [[when]] they went [[home]] [[from]] [[market]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.104</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>12.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[market]] [[day]] = Lat. [[nundinae]], <span class="bibl">D.H.7.58</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[ἀγείρω]] [[βουλή]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> an [[assembly]] of the [[people]], opp. to the Council of Chiefs, Hom.: —καθίζειν ἀγορήν to [[hold]] an [[assembly]], opp. to λύειν ἀγ. to [[dissolve]] it; [[ἀγορήνδε]] καλέειν, κηρύσσειν, Hom.; so, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[place]] of Assembly, Hom.; used not only for debating, trials, and [[other]] [[public]] purposes, but also as a [[market]]-[[place]], like the Roman [[Forum]], [[attic]]; but to [[lounge]] in the [[market]] was held to be [[disreputable]], cf. [[ἀγοραῖος]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the [[business]] of the [[ἀγορά]], [[public]] [[speaking]], [[gift]] of [[speaking]], [[mostly]] in pl., Hom.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> things sold in the [[ἀγορά]], the [[market]], Lat. [[annona]]; ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν to [[hold]] a [[market]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> as a [[mark]] of [[time]], ἀγορὰ πλήθουσα or ἀγορᾶς [[πληθώρη]] the [[forenoon]], [[when]] the [[market]]-[[place]] was [[full]], Hdt.; opp. to ἀγορῆς [[διάλυσις]], the [[time]] [[just]] [[after]] mid-day, [[when]] they went [[home]], Hdt.