ἄγροικος

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English (LSJ)

ον, (ἀγρός, οἰκέω)

   A dwelling in the fields, ζὧα, opp. ὄρεια, Arist.HA488b2; esp. of men, countryman, rustic, Ar.Nu.47; in Attica, οἱ ἄ., = γεωμόροι (q. v.), Arist.Ath.13.2, D.H.2.8: mostly with the collat. sense of boorish, rude, Ar.Nu.628,646, etc., cf. Thphr. Char.4; μέλος -ότερον Ar.Ach.674; ἄ. σοφία Pl.Phdr.229e, cf. Isoc.5.82 (Comp.), Arist.EN1128a9; of fortune, Apollod.Car.5.14; ἄ. Δημοσθένης, of Dinarchus, D.H.Din.8. Adv. -κως Ar.V.1320: Comp. -οτέρως Pl.R.361e, X.Mem.3.13.1; -ότερον Pl.Phdr.260d.    II rustic, βίος Ar.Nu.43.    2 of fruits, common, opp. γενναῖος, ὀπώρα Pl.Lg.844d. (ἀγροῖκος dwelling in the country, ἄγροικος boorish, acc. to Ammon.Diff.5, but this is very doubtful.)—Not found in early Ep. or Trag.