τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν ὅσαι τε ἄλλαι τέχναι (Plato, Timaeus 17c10) → the class of farmers and other such crafts(men)
adv.
On the score of numbers: P. and V. ἀρίθμῳ. Be numerically superior: P. πλήθει προέχειν.
