ἀγρός
ἀθρόαις πέντε δραπὼν νύκτεσσιν ἔν θ' ἁμέραις ἱερὸν εὐζοίας ἄωτον → for five whole nights and days, culling the sacred excellence of joyous living | reaping the sacred bloom of good living for five full nights and as many days
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A field, mostly in pl., fields, lands, Il.23.832, Od.4.757, Pi.P.4.149, etc.; opp. κῆποι, Theopomp. Hist. 89; sg., farm, Od.24.205; also in pl., X.HG2.4.1:—tilled land, opp. fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, Ἀθηνᾶ 20.167 (Erythrae). 2 country, opp. town, Od.17.182, E.Supp.884, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς Epich.169; ἀγρῷ in the country, Od.11.188; ἐπ' ἀγροῦ in the country, 1.190, 22.47; ἐπ' ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος 1.185; in pl., κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ' ἀγρούς 17.18; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς S. OT112; ἐπ' ἀγρῶν ib.1049; ἀγροῖσι Id.El.313; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν Id.OT1051; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν Th.2.13, cf. 14; κατ' ἀγρούς Cratin. 318, Pl.Lg.881c; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ Ar.Fr.387.2; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα fruits, X.Mem.2.9.4, cf. An.5.3.9:—prov., οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως, i.e. boorish, Suid., Hsch.—Rare in later Greek, Ev.Marc. 15.21, PAmh.2.134.5, POxy.967. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Com., exc.Ar.Av. 579, Philem.116; ᾱγρόθεν in Alc. Com.19 is paratrag.] (Cf. Skt. ájras 'plain', prob. fr. aj 'drive' (cf. ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)
German (Pape)
[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.
