Ἀγορά
agora, assembly, market-place
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Feb 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγορά· ἡ ἐκκλησία, ὅθεν ὁ Νέστωρ ἀγορητής· καὶ ὁ τόπος, ἔνθα πιπράσκεται τὰ ὤνια, καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ ὤνια.
Betacode
*)agora/: h( e)kklhsi/a, o(/qen o( *ne/stwr a)gorhth/s: kai\ o( to/pos, e)/nqa pipra/sketai ta\ w)/nia, kai\ au)ta\ ta\ w)/nia.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 21, where the phrase 'in the agora' occurs (web address 1).↩
For the various senses ofa)gora/ , see LSJ entry at web address 2.- 1Homer uses this term of Nestor at Iliad 1.248 etc.; see also Aristophanes, Clouds 1057; and cf. alpha 313.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- α300Ἀγοράζεινto frequent the market-place; to market[Meaning] to buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."
- α303Ἀγοράςgatherings, marketsHyperides [sc. uses the word] to mean meetings. For he says in the [speech] Against Polyeuktos: "these men often hold gatherings". And the word also means other things.
- α312Ἀγορήνgathering, meeting[Meaning an] assembly.
- α313Ἀγορηταίassembly-men[Meaning] advisers, wise men.
- αι394ΑἰψηρήνswiftMeaning swiftly, speedily. "They dissolved the assembly swift." Not in reference to the market-place. Also [sc. attested is masculine] ai)yhro/s, [meaning] a speedy [person]. From the [verb] yai/rein ["to flutter"],…
- δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute[Meaning] to take into [the] agora. This [term] is used whenever someone escapes secretly before [a trial]. It is also applied to driving on eagerly. Also [attested is] diwko/meqa ["we are prosecuted"], meaning we are…
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