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ἄγροικος

ἄγροικος, ἄγροικος ον, from the country, boorish (adjective)

ἄγροικος, ον, (ἀγρός, οἰκέω)
  • dwelling in the fields, ζῷα, opp. ὄρεια, Arist. HA 488b2; esp. of men, countryman, rustic, Ar. Nu. 47; in Attica, οἱ ἄ., = γεωμόροι (q. v.), Arist. Ath. 13.2, D.H. 2.8: mostly with the collat. sense of boorish, rude, Ar. Nu. 628, 646, etc., cf. Thphr. Char. 4; μέλος -ότερον Ar. Ach. 674; ἄ. σοφία Pl. Phdr. 229e, cf. Isoc. 5.82 (Comp.), Arist. EN 1128a9; of fortune, Apollod.Car. 5.14; ἄ. Δημοσθένης, of Dinarchus, D.H. Din. 8. Adv. -κως Ar. V. 1320: Comp. -οτέρως Pl. R. 361e, X. Mem. 3.13.1; -ότερον Pl. Phdr. 260d.
    • II rustic, βίος Ar. Nu. 43.
      • 2 of fruits, common, opp. γενναῖος, ὀπώρα Pl. Lg. 844d. (ἀγροῖκος dwelling in the country, ἄγροικος boorish, acc. to Ammon. Diff. 5, but this is very doubtful.)—Not found in early Ep. or Trag.

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