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|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[field]], mostly in pl., [[fields]], [[lands]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.832</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.757</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.149</span>, etc.; opp. [[κῆποι]], Theopomp. Hist. <span class="bibl">89</span>; sg., [[farm]], <span class="bibl">Od.24.205</span>; also in pl., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.1</span>:—[[till]]ed [[land]], opp. [[fallow]], ἀγρὸς καὶ [[ἀργός]], Ἀθηνᾶ <span class="bibl">20.167</span> (Erythrae). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[country]], opp. town, <span class="bibl">Od.17.182</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>884</span>, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς <span class="bibl">Epich.169</span>; [[ἀγρῷ]] = [[in the country]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.188</span>; [[ἐπ' ἀγροῦ]] = [[in the country]], <span class="bibl">1.190</span>, <span class="bibl">22.47</span>; ἐπ' ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος <span class="bibl">1.185</span>; in pl., κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ' ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">17.18</span>; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>112</span>; [[ἐπ' ἀγρῶν]] ib.<span class="bibl">1049</span>; ἀγροῖσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>313</span>; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1051</span>; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14</span>; κατ' ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">Cratin. 318</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>881c</span>; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>387.2</span>; [[τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷ γιγνόμενα]] = [[fruit]]s, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.9.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>5.3.9</span>: —prov., [[οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις]], [[ἀγροῦ πλέως]], i.e. [[boorish]], Suid., Hsch. —Rare in later Greek, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span> 15.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.134.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>967</span>. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Com., exc.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 579</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.116</span>; [[ἀγρόθεν]] in Alc. Com.<span class="bibl">19</span> is paratrag.] (Cf. Skt. [[ájras]] '[[plain]]', prob. fr. [[aj]] '[[drive]]' (cf. [[ἄγω]]), i.e. [[pasture]].) </span>