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Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς · marketplace mind (α 308) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α308

α304to buy at market
α305I will go to market
α306market's hour, market's time
α307agora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit
α308marketplace mind
α309marketplace [men]
α310I address, I make a speech, I speak
α311from the agora
α312gathering, meeting

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Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς

marketplace mind

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Mar 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

comedy
daily life
definition
economics
ethics
law
+1
- religion

2 notes · 38 words

Translation

[Meaning] the one altogether cheap and vulgar and not elite or thoughtful.¹
Also [sc. attested is] Agoraios Hermes. Aristophanes [writes]: "by Hermes Agoraios, I look and I perjure myself." That is, [Hermes] who is honored in a marketplace.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς· ὁ πανευτελὴς καὶ συρφετώδης καὶ οὐκ ἀπόρρητος οὐδὲ πεφροντισμένος. καὶ Ἀγοραῖος Ἑρμῆς· Ἀριστοφάνης. νὴ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τὸν Ἀγοραῖον κἀπιορκῶ γε βλέπων. τουτέστιν ὁ ἐν ἀγορᾷ τιμώμενος.

Betacode

*)agorai=os nou=s: o( paneutelh\s kai\ surfetw/dhs kai\ ou)k a)po/rrhtos ou)de\ pefrontisme/nos. kai\ *)agorai=os *(ermh=s: *)aristofa/nhs. nh\ to\n *(ermh=n to\n *)agorai=on ka)piorkw= ge ble/pwn. toute/stin o( e)n a)gora=| timw/menos.

Notes (2)

See generally LSJ s.v. agoraios (web address 1) for texts further illustrating both of these disparate senses (and note the comment there: "the distinction a)go/raios vulgar, a)gorai=os public speaker, drawn by Ammonius [a C1/2 grammarian] etc. is probably fictitious"); cf. alpha 309. See further D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 287.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha233 Theodoridis. ↩
2Aristophanes, Knights 297-8 (web address 2: the manuscript reading is "I perjure myself before those who are looking"), with scholion. The same epithet is attested, elsewhere, of Artemis, Athena and Zeus.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]Has circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; [meaning] men involved in a marketplace. Damascius [writes]: "[...] but he stood by and begged those who were defrauding, even including (?)skilled judges." But with…

Neighbouring entries

α306Ἀγορᾶς ὥρανmarket's hour, market's time α307Ἀγοραίαν δίκηνagora lawsuit, forensic lawsuit α308Ἀγοραῖος νοῦςmarketplace mind α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]α310Ἀγορεύω δοτικῇI address, I make a speech, I speak

Revision history9 revisions · last 18 Aug 2013

18 Aug 2013 — David Whitehead
5 Jan 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
5 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Feb 2007tweaked link — Catharine Roth
15 Feb 2007more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2001Added link and cross-reference. — Catharine Roth
9 Mar 2001augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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9 Mar 2001Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγοραῖος νοῦς (Adler number alpha 308), trans. Catharine Roth, 9 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/308

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗