ἄγροικος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[ἀγρός]], [[οἰκέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dwelling in the fields]], [[ζὧα]], opp. [[ὄρεια]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b2</span>; esp. of men, [[countryman]], [[rustic]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>47</span>; in [[Attica]], <b class="b3">οἱ ἄγροικοι</b> = [[γεωμόρος|γεωμόροι]] (q.v.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>13.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.2.8</span>: mostly with the collat. sense of [[boorish]], [[rude]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>628</span>,<span class="bibl">646</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>4</span>; μέλος ἀγροικότερον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>674</span>; ἄ. σοφία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>229e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.82</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a9</span>; of fortune, <span class="bibl">Apollod.Car.5.14</span>; ἄγροικος [[Δημοσθένης]], of [[Dinarchus]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Din.</span>8</span>. Adv. [[ἀγροίκως]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1320</span>: Comp. [[ἀγροικοτέρως]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>361e</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.13.1</span>; [[ἀγροικότερον]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>260d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[rustic]], [[βίος]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[fruit]]s, [[common]], opp. [[γενναῖος]], [[ὀπώρα]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>844d</span>. ([[ἀγροῖκος]] [[dwelling in the country]], [[ἄγροικος]] [[boorish]], acc. to <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">Diff.</span>5</span>, but this is very doubtful.)—Not found in early Ep. or Trag.</span>