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ἄγροικος

agroikos

dwelling in the fields

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγροικος, ον, (ἀγρός, οἰκέω) A. dwelling in the fields, ζὧα, 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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