ἀγελαῖος · agelaios — LSJ
belonging to a herd
belonging to a herd, in Hom. always with βοῦς, Il. 11.729, Od. 10.410, al., cf. S. Aj. 175; βοσκήματα E. Ba. 677; αἱ ἀ. τῶν ἵππων, i.e. brood-mares, X. Eq. 5.8.
II in herds, shoals, gregarious, gregarious animals
in herds or shoals, gregarious, ἰχθύες Hdt. 2.93; ἀγελαῖα, τά, gregarious animals, Pl. Plt. 264d; opp. μοναδικά, σποραδικά, Arist. HA 487b34, Pol. 1256a23; πολιτικὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ζῷον πάσης μελίττης καὶ παντὸς ἀ. ζῴου μᾶλλον ib. 1253a8.
2 of the common herd, common, ordinary
of the common herd, ἀ. ἄνθρωποι, opp. ἄρχοντες, Pl. Plt. 268a; hence, common, ordinary, ἀ. ἰσχάδες Eup. 374; ἄρτοι Pl.Com. 76; κεραμίδες SIG 2587.209, cf. Ath.Mitt. 22.182 (Lebad.):—σοφισταί Isoc. 12.18, νῆσοι Philostr. Im. 2.17; proparox. in this sense, Eust. 1752.63.