ἀμπελουργός
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A vine-dresser, Ar.Pax 190, Hp.Epid.4.25, IG2.1055, Thphr.CP2.4.8, PPetr.3p.59; title of plays by Amphis and Alexis; cf. ἀμπελοεργός.
German (Pape)
[Seite 129] ὁ, = ἀμπελοεργός, Winzer, Ar. P. 190; N. T. auch adj.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμπελουργός: ὁ, (*ἔργω), ὁ καλλιεργῶν ἀμπέλους, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 199, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 93. 17: πρβλ. ἀμπελοεργός.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ, ἡ)
vigneron.
Étymologie: ἄμπελος, ἔργον.
Spanish (DGE)
-όν
• Alolema(s): ἀμπελοεργός AP 6.56 (Maced.)
1 que sirve para cultivar o trabajar la vid, δρέπανον podadera, SEG 13.13.129 (Atenas V a.C.), cf. IG 22.1526.8.
2 subst. ὁ ἀ. viñador Ar.Pax 190, Hp.Epid.4.25, IG 22.2492.17 (IV a.C.), PCair.Zen.317.5 (III a.C.), PEnteux.65.6 (III a.C.), AP l.c., Thphr.CP 2.4.8, LXX 4Re.25.12, Eu.Luc.13.7, Ph.1.329, Philostr.Her.proem.1, PSI 888.4 (IV a.C.), POxy.1833.5 (V a.C.), SB 7369.4 (VI a.C.)
•tít. de una comedia de Alexis AB 82.4, y de Amfis. Stob.4.18.1.
English (Strong)
from ἄμπελος and ἔργον; a vine-worker, i.e. pruner: vine-dresser.
