ἀγοραστής
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A the slave who had to buy provisions for the house, purveyor, X.Mem.1.5.2:—generally, purchaser, μέτριος ἀ. Men.500, cf. Arist.Oec.1352b6, Dinon12, Ael.VH12.1, POxy.298.48 (i A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 21] ὁ, der Käufer, Aristot. Oec. II, 34; Athen. XIV, 652 c. Bes. hieß so der den Einkauf für die Küche besorgende Sklav, der später ὀψωνάτωρ hieß, vgl. Poll. 3, 126 (ὁ ἀγ. ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀψωνοῦντος τέτακται); Athen. IV, 171 a (ἐκάλουν ἀγ. τὸν τὰ ὄψα ὠνούμενον) u. das. Men. B. A. 339 ὃν'Ρωμαῖοι ὀψωνάτορα καλοῦσιν. So schon Xen. Mem. 1, 5, 2 διάκονος καὶ ἀγ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγοραστής: -οῦ, ὁ, δοῦλος, ὅστις ἠγόραζε τὰ ἐπιτήδεια διὰ τὸν οἶκον, ὁ «ψωνιστής», Ξεν. Ἀπομ. 1. 5, 2. Παρὰ μεταγεν. ὀψωνάτωρ, Λατ. obsonator, Ἀθ. 171, Α: - καθόλου, ὁ ἀγοραστὴς ὡς καὶ νῦν ἔτι, μέτριος ἀγ., Μένανδρ. ἐν «Φανίῳ», 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
esclave chargé d’acheter les provisions au marché.
Étymologie: ἀγοράζω.
