ὀργάς

orgas

any well-watered, fertile spot of land, meadow-land

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 2
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Book VI 1
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493a10
Book IX 1
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572a4
Euthyphro 1
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7b6
Theaetetus 1
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144a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀργάς (sc. γῆ), άδος, ἡ, A. any well-watered, fertile spot of land, meadow-land, partially wooded, with or without cultivated fields, IG 12.325.18, E. Ba. 340,445, El. 1162 (lyr.), X. Cyn. 9.2, AP 6.41 (Agath.); ὑπʼ ὀργάδα τὰν Ἀχέροντος Hymn.Is. in Not.Arch. 4.212. 2. rich tract of land sacred to the gods: such a tract between Athens and Megara, sacred to Demeter and Persephone, was specially called ἡ ὀ. or ἱερὰ ὀ., D. 13.32, Call. Fr. 35 P., Plu. Per. 30, Paus. 3.4.2, cf. IG 22.204.8,16 ; similarly perh. ὀργή in Herod. 4.46 (s.v.l.).

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