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ἀγρός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *agrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.[1] Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀫 (a-ko-ro), Latin ager, Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre). Compare νομός (nomós).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrósm (genitive ᾰ̓γροῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

    1. field, land, countryside [Homer]
      • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.832:
        εἴ οἱ καὶ μάλα πολλὸν ἀπόπροθι πίονες ἀγροί []
        eí hoi kaì mála pollòn apóprothi píones agroí []
        Even though his rich fields lie very far away []

    Inflection

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Greek: αγρός m (agrós, field)
    • English: agronym

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀγρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6

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