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ἀγοράζω

agorazo

frequent the ἀγορά

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἀγοράζω · agorazō — LSJ

frequent the ἀγορά, occupy the market-place

frequent the ἀγορά, αἱ γυναῖκες ἀ. καὶ καπηλεύουσι Hdt. 2.35, 4.164, cf. Arist. Ph. 196a5, Com.Adesp. 710; occupy the market-place, Th. 6.51.

2 buy in the market, buy, farm, buy for oneself

buy in the market, πωλεῖν ἀ. Ar. Ach. 625; ἐπιτήδεια ἀ. X. An. 1.5.10; generally, buy, Ar. Pl. 984, etc.; farm taxes or state-contracts, ὠνὴν ἀ. PRev.Laws 41.22, al.; τὸν Σαίτην ἀγοράσας ib. 60.23:—Med., buy for oneself, X. An. 1.3.14:—Pass., διά τινος ἀ. D. 50.25 : pf. Pass. in med. sense, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠγοράσθαι αὐτοῖς τὸν οἶνον Id. 35.19.

3 haunt the ἀγορά, lounge in the ἀγορά

haunt the ἀγορά, Corinn. 34, Pi. Fr. 103; οὐδʼ ἀγοράσει γʼ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ nor shall any boy lounge in the ἀγορά, Ar. Eq. 1373. [-ᾱζω (i. e. -ᾴζω) in sense 1, Hdn.Gr. 2.14.]

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