ἀγρός

See also: αγρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *agrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀫 (a-ko-ro), Latin ager, Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡrós/ → /aˈɣros/ → /aˈɣros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡrós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣros/

Noun

ᾰ̓γρός • (ăgrós) m (genitive ᾰ̓γροῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. field, land, countryside

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓γρός; τοῦ ᾰ̓γροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓γρός ho ăgrós	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώ tṑ ăgrṓ	οἱ ᾰ̓γροί hoi ăgroí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γροῦ toû ăgroû	τοῖν ᾰ̓γροῖν toîn ăgroîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γρῶν tôn ăgrôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γρῷ tôi ăgrôi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γροῖν toîn ăgroîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓γροῖς toîs ăgroîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓γρόν tòn ăgrón	τὼ ᾰ̓γρώ tṑ ăgrṓ	τοὺς ᾰ̓γρούς toùs ăgroús
Vocative	ᾰ̓γρέ ăgré	ᾰ̓γρώ ăgrṓ	ᾰ̓γροί ăgroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄγριος (ágrios)
• ἄγροικος (ágroikos)
• ἀγρότης (agrótēs)
• Μελέαγρος (Meléagros)

Descendants

• Greek: αγρός m (agrós, “field”)

Further reading

• “ἀγρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G68 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • domain idem, page 246.
  • estate idem, page 283.
  • farm idem, page 307.
  • field idem, page 317.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • land idem, page 475.