γεωργέω
georgeo
to be a husbandman, farmer
Appears 33 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γεωργέω, A. to be a husbandman, farmer, Lg. 805e, Oec. 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ Euthphr. 4c, etc.; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), 19.314: c. acc. cogn., γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ. of pastoral nomads, Pol. 1256a35:—Med., οἱ γεωργούμενοι Aristeas 112. II. c. acc., till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (sc. γῆν) Ec. 592; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων 18.41:—Pass., of land, IG 9(1).61 (Daulis); χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης SIG 685.80 (Crete); τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Pr. 896a10. 2. generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν Gp. 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον, produce it, 49.36, cf. IG 22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου Gp. 6.7.2. 3. metaph., work at a thing, practise or exploit it, 25.82; φιλίαν 2.776b; τέχνην 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον Or. 35.13; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι 2.348. 4. of a river, fertilize, Im. 1.11, Ep. 59, 2.28.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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