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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be a husbandman]], [[be a farmer]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''805e, X.''Oec.''14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ And. 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ Pl.''Euthphr.''4c, etc.; <b class="b3">γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων</b> you [[have become a landed proprietor]] by these means (i.e. the fruits of treason), D.19.314: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ.</b> of pastoral nomads, Arist.''Pol.''1256a35:—Med., <b class="b3">οἱ γεωργούμενοι</b> Aristeas 112.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[till]], [[plough]], [[cultivate]], [[πολλήν]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆν]]) Ar.''Ec.''592; <b class="b3">τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους]</b> Th.3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων D.18.41:—Pass., of land, ''IG''9(1).61 (Daulis); χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης ''SIG''685.80 (Crete); τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Arist. ''Pr.''896a10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[cultivate]], ἐλαίαν ''Gp.''9.2.6: hence, <b class="b3">γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον</b>, [[produce]] it, D.C.49.36, cf. ''IG''22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου ''Gp.''6.7.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[work at]] a thing, [[practise]] or [[exploit]] it, D.25.82; φιλίαν Plu.2.776b; τέχνην Hld.6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον Lib.''Or.''35.13; [[cultivate]], ψυχὰς δόγμασι Ph.2.348.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a [[river]], [[fertilize]], Philostr.''Im.''1.11, ''Ep.''59, Hld.2.28.