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γεωργία

georgia

tillage

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γεωργία, ἡ, A. tillage, τῆς Χερσονήσου Th. 1.11, etc.; agriculture, farming, Pl. Smp. 187a, etc.; γ. ψιλή tillage of arable land and pasture, opp. πεφυτευμένη, of vineyards and orchards, Arist. Pol. 1258b17. 2. in pl., farms, tilled land, τοῖς μὲν γεωργίας ἐπὶ μισθώσεσι παραδιδόντες Isoc. 7.32, cf. Pl. Lg. 806d, Luc. Prom. 14, etc.; rarely in sg., D. 30.30. II. metaph., source of income, Lib. Or. 39.12.
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