γεωργέω

English (LSJ)

   A to be a husbandman, farmer, Pl.Lg.805e, X.Oec.14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ And. 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ Pl.Euthphr.4c, etc.; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), D.19.314: c. acc. cogn., γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ. of pastoral nomads, Arist.Pol.1256a35:—Med., οἱ γεωργούμενοι Aristeas 112.    II c. acc., till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (sc. γῆν) Ar.Ec.592; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] Th.3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων D.18.41:—Pass., of land, IG9(1).61 (Daulis); χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης SIG685.80 (Crete); τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Arist. Pr.896a10.    2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν Gp.9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον, produce it, D.C.49.36, cf. IG22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου Gp.6.7.2.    3 metaph., work at a thing, practise or exploit it, D.25.82; φιλίαν Plu.2.776b; τέχνην Hld.6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον Lib.Or.35.13; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι Ph.2.348.    4 of a river, fertilize, Philostr.Im.1.11, Ep.59, Hld.2.28.