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γεωργός

γεωργός, γεωργός, ὁ, farmer (noun)

γεωργ-ός, όν, (γῆ, ἔργον)
  • tilling the ground, βοίδιον Ar. Ach. 1036; fertilizing, Νεῖλος Lib. Or. 13.39:—as Subst., γεωργός, ὁ, husbandman, Hdt. 4.18, Ar. Pax 296, Pl. Phdr. 276b, etc.; οἱ γ., opp. οἱ μισθαρνοῦντες, Arist. Pol. 1296b28; but γ., opp. ὁ δεσπότης τοῦ χωρίου, IG 2(2).1100; so of vine-dressers, gardeners, etc., Pl. Tht. 178d, Ael. NA 7.28; γ. ὄχλος the peasantry, D.H. 10.53; γ. βίος prob. in Ar. Pax 589; δένδρων ὧν γ. αἵδε αἱ χεῖρες Philostr. VA 2.26.

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