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γεωργ-έω

georgeo

to be a husbandman, farmer

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Where it lives

  • Economics 15 · 8.43/10k
  • Politics 20 · 3.06/10k
  • Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
  • Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
  • Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
  • Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 3 · 1.84/10k
  • Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
  • Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
  • Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to be a husbandman, farmer, have become a landed proprietor

to be a husbandman, farmer, Pl. Lg. 805e, X. Oec. 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ And. 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ Pl. Euthphr. 4c, etc.; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), D. 19.314: c. acc. cogn., γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ. of pastoral nomads, Arist. Pol. 1256a35:—Med., οἱ γεωργούμενοι Aristeas 112.

II till, plough, cultivate

c. acc., till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (sc. γῆν) Ar. Ec. 592; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] Th. 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων D. 18.41:—Pass., of land, IG 9(1).61 (Daulis); χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης SIG 685.80 (Crete); τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Arist. Pr. 896a10.

2 cultivate, produce

generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν Gp. 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον, produce it, D.C. 49.36, cf. IG 2(2).1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου Gp. 6.7.2.

3 work at, practise, exploit, cultivate

metaph., work at a thing, practise or exploit it, D. 25.82; φιλίαν Plu. Max. cum princip. 2.776b; τέχνην Hld. 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον Lib. Or. 35.13; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι Ph. 2.348.

4 fertilize

of a river, fertilize, Philostr. Im. 1.11, Ep. 59, Hld. 2.28.

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