ἀγρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀫 (a-ko-ro), Latin ager, Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /aɡrós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /aɣrós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aɣrós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aɣrós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aɣɾós/

Noun

ἀγρός (genitive ἀγροῦ) m, second declension; (agros)

1. field, land, countryside

Inflection

Second declension of ἀγρός, ἀγροῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀγρός	τὼ ἀγρώ	οἱ ἀγροί
Genitive	τοῦ ἀγροῦ	τοῖν ἀγροῖν	τῶν ἀγρῶν
Dative	τῷ ἀγρῷ	τοῖν ἀγροῖν	τοῖς ἀγροῖς
Accusative	τὸν ἀγρόν	τὼ ἀγρώ	τοὺς ἀγρούς
Vocative	ἀγρέ	ἀγρώ	ἀγροί

Derived terms

• ἄγριος "wild"

Descendants

• αγρός m (agrós, “field”)

References

• LSJ
• Strong’s concordance number: G68