ἀγορά

See also: αγορά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓γορή (agorḗ) — Epic, Ionic
• ᾰ̓́γυρις (águris) — Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *agorā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂, from *h₂ger- (“to gather”); equivalent to ᾰ̓γείρω (ageírō, “to gather”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (a-ko-ra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡo.rǎː/ → /a.ɣoˈra/ → /a.ɣoˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡo.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/

Noun

ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ • (agorā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓γορᾶς); first declension

1. assembly, especially an assembly of the people (as opposed to a council, βουλή (boulḗ))
2. the place of assembly
3. speech
4. market, marketplace
5. things sold at market, provisions, supplies
6. sale
7. the time of market: midday

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́; τῆς ᾰ̓γορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ hē agorā́	τὼ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ tṑ agorā́	αἱ ᾰ̓γοραί hai agoraí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γορᾶς tês agorâs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γοραῖν toîn agoraîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γορῶν tôn agorôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γορᾷ têi agorâi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γοραῖν toîn agoraîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓γοραῖς taîs agoraîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ν tḕn agorā́n	τὼ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ tṑ agorā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ς tā̀s agorā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ agorā́	ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ agorā́	ᾰ̓γοραί agoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγοράομαι (agoráomai)
• Ἀθηναγόρας (Athēnagóras)
• Ἀναξᾰγόρᾱς (Anaxagórās)
• Διαγόρας (Diagóras)
• Ἑρμαγόρας (Hermagóras)
• Εὐαγόρας (Euagóras)
• Ἰσαγόρας (Isagóras)
• Πνυταγόρας (Pnutagóras)
• Πρωταγόρας (Prōtagóras)
• πᾰνήγῠρῐς (panḗguris)
• Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς (Pūthagórās)
• συνήγορος (sunḗgoros)
• ᾰ̓γοραῖος (agoraîos)
• ᾰ̓γορανόμος (agoranómos)
• ᾰ̓γορεύω (agoreúō)
• ᾰ̓γορᾰ́ζω (agorázō)

 

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲁⲅⲟⲣⲁ (agora)
• → English: agora
• → French: agora
• > Greek: αγορά (agorá) (inherited)

References

• “ἀγορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγορά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀγορά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγορά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G58 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀγορά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bazaar idem, page 66.
  • market idem, page 514.
  • mart idem, page 515.