ἀγριότης

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English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A savageness, wildness, of animals, opp. ἡμερότης, X.Mem.2.2.7, cf. Isoc.12.163, Arist.HA588a21; ofplants, Thphr.HP 3.2.4; of untilled ground, ἀ. γῆς Gp.7.1.4; of diet, Hp.VM7 (as v.l. for θηριότητα), Aër.23.    II of men, in moral sense, fierceness, cruelty, Pl.Smp.197d, al., D.26.26 (pl.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀγριότης: -ητος, ἡ, ἀγρία κατάστασις ζῴων, τὸ ἀντίθετον τοῦ ἡμερότης, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2. 2, 7, Ἰσοκρ. 267 Β, καὶ φυτῶν: Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 3. 2, 4· ἐπὶ ἀκαλλιεργήτου γῆς, ἀγρ. γῆς, Γεωπ. 7. 1: -περὶ διαίτης, τρόπου τοῦ ζῆν, Ἱππ. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 13, Ἀέρ. 294. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων -ἐπὶ ἠθικῆς ἐννοίας- ἀγριότης, σκληρότης, θηριωδία, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 197D, καὶ ἀλλ.· Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 8, 1,2· ἐν τῷ πλθ., Δημ. 808, 15.