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γη-μόρος

gemoros · ὁ

one who has a share of land, landowner

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Where it lives

  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
  • Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
  • History 1 · 0.07/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

one who has a share of land, landowner, the wealthy landowners, landowners

one who has a share of land, landowner: οἱ γαμόροι, in Sicily, the wealthy landowners, Hdt. 7.155: at Argos, A. Supp. l.c.; at Athens, γεωμόροι landowners, large or small, opp. εὐπατρίδαι, δημιουργοί, Arist. Ath. Fr. 2, Pl. Lg. 737e, etc.

2

γεωμόροι, οἱ, = Lat. tresviri agris dividundis, D.H. 9.52.

3

metaph. of Ἅιδης, Trag.Adesp. l.c.

II dividing earth, ploughing

as Adj., dividing earth, i.e. ploughing, βοῦς A.R. 1.1214; γεωμόρος τέχνα IG 9(1).880 (Corc.).

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Where it came from

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