Ἀγροικίζω

I am a boor

Translated by Anne Mahoney · 27 Mar 1999 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)/groikos, [meaning] senseless, ill-tempered; harsh and uneducated, or someone living in the country.¹
But it is as a metaphor that some define rusticness as harshness of character; for "harshness" is properly applied to bodies.²

Greek original

Ἀγροικίζω. καὶ Ἄγροικος, ἄφρων, δύσκολος· σκληρὸς καὶ ἀπαίδευτος, ἢ ὁ ἐν ἀγρῷ κατοικῶν. κατὰ μεταφορὰν δὲ ὁρίζονταί τινες τὴν ἀγροικίαν σκληρότητα ἤθους· ἡ γὰρ σκληρότης κυρίως ἐπὶ σωμάτων.

Betacode

*)agroiki/zw. kai\ *)/agroikos, a)/frwn, du/skolos: sklhro\s kai\ a)pai/deutos, h)\ o( e)n a)grw=| katoikw=n. kata\ metafora\n de\ o(ri/zontai/ tines th\n a)groiki/an sklhro/thta h)/qous: h( ga\r sklhro/ths kuri/ws e)pi\ swma/twn.

Notes (2)

Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
1(cf. already alpha 369.) Same material in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 43. ↩
2From Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 324.9-12.

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Linked from (1)

α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor

Neighbours in Adler order

α372ἈγρωνίδηςAgronides α373ἈγρώσσωI go hunting α374Ἄγρωστιςwild grass α375ἈγροικίζωI am a boor α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεοςa rustic out of town α377Ἄγροικος ὀργήνboorish in anger α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor

Revisions (7)

21 Dec 2014Catharine Rothcoding
9 Jan 2012David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
18 Oct 2005David Whiteheadanother keyword
7 Oct 2005David Whiteheadanother keyword
16 Jul 2001David Whiteheadmodified translation; added note and keyword
27 Mar 1999Anne Mahoneytranslated

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