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Ἀγροιώτης · rustic (α 380) · 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 α380

α376a rustic out of town
α377boorish in anger
α378don't despise a rustic rhetor
α379from-Agroile; Agryle
α380rustic
α381may hold
α382alleyway, path
α383highways
α384Agylaios, Agylaeus

Suda/Α alpha/α380

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Ἀγροιώτης

rustic

Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high6 revisions

agriculture
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
military affairs
poetry
religion
+1
- trade and manufacture

3 notes · 38 words

Translation

The farming people, the one[s] in the country.¹
"To this rustic, single-storthynx Priapos."² For a storthynx is the point of the spear or the iron [part] of a missile.³
But the feminine form [is] a)groiw=tis with an "i".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγροιώτης· ὁ γεωργικὸς λεὼς, ὁ ἐν ἀγρῷ. ἀγροιώτᾳ τῷδε μονοστόρθυγγι Πριήπῳ. στόρθυγξ γὰρ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δόρατος ἢ τὸ τοῦ βέλους σιδήριον. θηλυκῶς δὲ Ἀγροιῶτις διὰ τοῦ ι.

Betacode

*)agroiw/ths: o( gewrgiko\s lew\s, o( e)n a)grw=|. a)groiw/ta| tw=|de monosto/rquggi *prih/pw|. sto/rqugc ga\r to\ a)/kron tou= do/ratos h)\ to\ tou= be/lous sidh/rion. qhlukw=s de\ *)agroiw=tis dia\ tou= i.

Notes (3)

The headword adjective a)groiw/ths is illustrated (in its Doric form) by the quotation given.
1This second gloss also occurs, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
2Greek Anthology 6.22.5 (Zonas), a dedication to Priapus by an unnamed custodian of an orchard, quoted more fully at pi 2275; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 380-381; and vol. II, 413-414) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 4049, alpha 2663, pi 1555, pi 2275, and rho 318. Gow and Page (vol. II, 414) note that the headword -- used attributively in the epigram in the dative singular -- is also an epithet for Priapus (Priapos; cf. pi 2275, pi 2276, and pi 2277). ↩
3From sigma 1144. Despite this military gloss, however, "single-storthynx" has another meaning in the poem: "carved out of a single block" (LSJ s.v.).

References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)

Linked from3 entries

α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor[Said] because one should not despise even worthless things.
α2663Ἀντίδορονacting as skin, skin-substitute[Meaning] the skin of the skin. In the Epigrams: "and a nut with a green husk acting as skin."
α4049Ἀρτιχανῆ ῥοιάν τε καὶ ἀρτίχνουν τόδε μῆλονa fresh-split pomegranate and this downy quince[sc. This phrase, in the accusative, occurs] in the Epigrams.

Neighbouring entries

α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor α379Ἀγροιλῆθενfrom-Agroile; Agryle α380Ἀγροιώτηςrustic α381Ἄγοιmay hold α382Ἀγυιάνalleyway, path

Revision history6 revisions · last 23 Nov 2018

23 Nov 2018further expanded n.2, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
22 Nov 2018coding — Catharine Roth
21 Nov 2018expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
9 Jan 2012more notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
13 Feb 2001added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Mar 1999Translated — Anne Mahoney

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγροιώτης (Adler number alpha 380), trans. Anne Mahoney, 27 Mar 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/380

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